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

The victim's relatives had backed an agreement between the prosecuting attorney’s office and Williams’s attorneys to commute ...

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

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state ...

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

Civil rights leaders and support groups from across the state stood side by side in Jefferson City to address alleged issues ...

Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week. If carried out as planned, the ...

Lawyers for a Missouri man scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening have filed another appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that ...

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

Missouri will execute an innocent man, Marcellus 'Khaliifah' Williams, said Williams' attorney, Tricia Rojo Bushnell.

A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state's top court and governor each rejected ...