On Tuesday, Marcellus Williams, 55, was executed by lethal injection after being convicted of breaking into the home of ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for breaking into a woman’s home and killing her, despite calls by her ...

The Supreme Court allowed Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams on Tuesday for a 2003 murder, which he maintained he did not commit.

Citing opposition to the death penalty and doubts about Williams’ guilt, a local and national outcry did not stop the ...

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

Williams was convicted of first-degree murder in the August 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle during a robbery of her ...

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

The state of Mississippi executed 55-year-old inmate Marcellus Williams on Tuesday night, despite calls from both the ...

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday. Around the nation and world, his death was met with condemnation.

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

Prosecutors and the victim’s family urged that he be spared based on DNA evidence showing that Williams was in fact innocent.

Prosecutors and the victim’s family urged that he be spared based on DNA evidence showing that Williams was in fact innocent.