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

Lawyers for Marcellus Williams, who maintains his innocence, argued Monday the execution should be halted over the exclusion ...

Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former ...

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

The Missouri Supreme Court narrowly upheld an abortion rights measure on November ballots by a 4-3 vote earlier this month, ...

Williams' son, Marcellus Williams Jr., told KSDK-TV: "This is a murder ... Mike Parson and the Missouri Supreme Court denied Williams clemency on Monday. And on Tuesday with less than an hour ...

The Missouri Supreme Court, almost simultaneously, also rejected a request to cancel the execution so that a lower court could make a new determination about whether a trial prosecutor wrongly ...

The Missouri Supreme Court, almost simultaneously, also rejected a request to cancel the execution so that a lower court could make a new determination about whether a trial prosecutor wrongly ...

The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson each denied requests from an inmate seeking to cancel his scheduled execution for a 1998 murder.