The Missouri Supreme Court stayed Williams’s initial execution, scheduled for June 6, 2003, so he could seek collateral review in Missouri and federal courts.

He was 55. UPDATE (Sept. 24, 2024 6:00 p.m. E.T.): The Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

Yet, the governor's predecessor, former Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, had twice paused Williams' execution in 2015 and 2017 — the latter time just hours before he was set to be put to ...

Marcellus Williams’s execution was a tragedy — hopefully the last of its kind by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor - 09/27/24 7:00 AM ET ...

The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, while the Democratic nominee sharply criticized the decision.

Marcellus Williams was executed by the state of Missouri on Tuesday, Sept. 24, despite concerns citing his potential innocence. Williams died by lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. at a Missouri ...

Missouri Death Row Inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection on Sept. 24, 2024 in the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Deacon Dave Billips, with the Office of Peace and Justice with the St. Louis Archdiocese, holds a sign as he stands with protesters holding space to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams on ...

Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams wrote a final statement ahead of his execution of Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at a prison in Missouri. Missouri Department of Corrections ...

The state of Missouri executed 55-year-old inmate Marcellus Williams on Tuesday night, despite calls from both the prosecutor's office and the victim's family to halt his execution.

Williams, 55, who had always maintained his innocence through two previous stays of execution, became the third inmate to be executed in Missouri this year, and the 15th person in the nation.

Missouri’s execution of Williams puts the U.S. one step closer to a grim milestone: With four states slated to conduct four executions by the end of this week, the country will soon reach its 1 ...