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.

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

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

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

Following the court's ruling, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed the state will carry out Williams' execution on Tuesday.

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

Missouri Gov. Parson is ordering U.S., state flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Kansas City Fire Department firefighter ...

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

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

Despite objections from the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office, jurors involved in his trial, and the victim’s family, ...