The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a ...
“The state of Missouri and our nation's legal system failed Marcellus Williams, and as long as we uphold the death penalty, ...
Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row. Williams, who had two previous executions stayed, maintained he was ...
The execution is opposed both by Gayle's family and the prosecutor's office that put Williams on death row — an unprecedented combination. “The family defines closure as Marcellus being ...
(CNN) — Marcellus Williams ... The 55-year-old was put to death around 6 p.m. CT at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Williams’ attorneys had filed a flurry of appeal efforts based on what ...
NEW YORK — Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found brutally stabbed in ...
The NAACP is opposed to the death penalty. “Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must die. And any Black man ...
On Oct. 15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams ... Associated Press.