5 Executions Mark Biggest Week of Capital Punishment in the U.S. in Decades
The unusually high number of executions defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty ...
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
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 ...
Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt tomorrow’s execution of a death row inmate who prosecutor says might be innocent
The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson have declined to halt Tuesday’s execution of a death row inmate prosecutors ...
Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a ...
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Missouri Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeal, allowing execution Tuesday
The execution of Marcellus Williams will proceed Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in a decision rejecting efforts to ...
Missouri set to execute 'loving father' whose DNA wasn't on murder weapon, attorneys say
Marcellus Williams, 55, is set to die Sept. 24 after being convicted of killing former newspaper reporter Lisha Gayle in her ...
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Missouri Death Row Inmate Claims Racial Bias, Seeks to Stop Execution
Attorneys for Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams argued before the court Monday that Williams did not receive a fair criminal ...
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Missouri Supreme Court considers death row inmate’s appeal as execution date looms
Williams’ attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court on Monday. Williams is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday for the 1998 ...
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Missouri Supreme Court to consider death row case a day before scheduled execution
Oral arguments were scheduled for Monday morning in the hearing before the state Supreme Court. Williams, 55, is set to die by injection Tuesday evening for the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle in ...
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Enoch Burke: Irish teacher in transgender row jailed for third time
A teacher at the centre of a row over a transgender student has been sent to prison for a third time by a Dublin court. Enoch Burke was arrested by Irish police at Wilson's Hospital School in ...