Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle.

The execution came despite one of the prosecutors in the case saying that Williams' life should be spared because DNA did not ...

Marcellus Williams, convicted of killing Lisha Gayle in 1998, faced execution despite the victim’s family and prosecutor ...

Marcellus Williams was executed by Missouri on Tuesday evening for the 1998 murder of journalist despite objections from his ...

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

Three cases remain before the U.S. Supreme Court. One was brought by St. Louis County prosecutors, who do not support ...

Williams was executed despite pleas for clemency from prosecutors and family members of murder victim Felicia Gayle.

Marcellus Williams and his attorneys have maintained he's innocent and in the last two weeks had filed multiple unsuccessful ...

A judge accepted a plea of no contest last month which would have spared Marcellus Williams’ life, but that deal was scuttled ...

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s ...