A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections ...

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

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

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

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

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction ...

Three cases remain before the U.S. Supreme Court. One was brought by St. Louis County prosecutors, who do not support ...

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

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

The three cases presented to the court were his last chance at avoiding lethal injection. On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike ...