Marcellus Williams is set to die by lethal injection in the 1998 fatal stabbing of former reporter Lisha Gayle inside her St. Louis-area home.

Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri amid strong innocence claims: 'It is murder' The execution came despite one of the prosecutors in the case saying that Williams' life should be spared ...

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.

As of Sunday evening, Marcellus Williams was facing what may be his last 48 hours of existence, a crucial period with court cases to spare his life currently underway at both the Missouri and U.S ...

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was repeatedly stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

Marcellus Williams execution draws fresh backlash to death penalty After Missouri executed Williams, who for years maintained he was innocent, the NAACP president said the state “lynched another ...

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams is expected to be resentenced to life without parole under a consent judgment reached Wednesday, the St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s Office ...

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri after the Supreme Court denied his stay, despite questions about his conviction.

Experts: Marcellus Williams execution shows “how much politics factors into capital punishment” Missouri executed Williams despite questions about his conviction and protests from prosecutors ...

After meddling by Missouri's attorney general, a judge rejected Marcellus Williams’s innocence claim, even though prosecutors mishandled the murder weapon.