Williams maintained that he was innocent in the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle. No forensic evidence linked him to the murder, ...

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

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

Prosecutors and the victim's own family pushed for Marcellus Williams to be taken off death row, but the appeals were denied by the Supreme Court and Missouri officials.

Marcellus Williams was murdered by the state of Missouri even though most people - including the victim's parents - say he ...

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

as well as calls for clemency from the victim’s family and two men famously convicted by the Missouri justice system for ...

Though Williams was convicted of Gayle's murder in 2001 after testimony from 22 witnesses, many have demanded his death sentence be called off ...

Marcellus Williams had always maintained that he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of a former St. Louis ...

Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of ...

Missouri executed Marcellus Williams yesterday, a man prosecutors believed was innocent. And, why FAFSA’s launch was so ...

The 55-year-old was convicted in 2003 of killing Lisha Gayle during what seemed to be a botched burglary. Marcellus Williams, ...