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Missouri executes death row inmate Marcellus Williams for murdering a woman in 1998

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Missouri executes death row inmate Marcellus Williams for murdering a woman in 1998

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for breaking into a woman's home and killing her, despite demands from her family and the prosecutor who put him on death row to let him spend the rest of his life in prison. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted of the 1998 murder of […]

Marcellus Williams was executed for the murder of Felicia Gayle, despite lawyers, prosecutors and others protesting his innocence

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Marcellus Williams was executed for the murder of Felicia Gayle, despite lawyers, prosecutors and others protesting his innocence

Marcellus Williams was sentenced to death in 2001 for killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found stabbed to death in her home in St. Louis, Missouri. The 55-year-old's lawyers, Ms Gayle's family, the prosecution service and the jury that convicted him have all since spoken out and said he may not be […]

Who was Marcellus Williams? Missouri executes 55-year-old man for murder of reporter Felicia Gayle in 1998

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Who was Marcellus Williams? Missouri executes 55-year-old man for murder of reporter Felicia Gayle in 1998

On Tuesday, September 24, Missouri state officials executed death row inmate Marcellus Williams at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Williams was executed hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal. The inmate's final words were, “All praise be to Allah in every situation.” Missouri executes Marcellus Williams, 55, […]

Who is Marcellus Williams? Missouri man executed despite victim's family pleading for his life to be spared

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Who is Marcellus Williams? Missouri man executed despite victim's family pleading for his life to be spared

This undated booking photo from the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams (Photo credit: AP) Marcellus Williamsa 55-year-old man from Missouri, was executed on Tuesday, despite objections from the victim's family and the prosecutor, who wanted to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. Williams was convicted of burglary in Lisha Gayles home in […]

Marcellus Williams executed despite protests and requests for clemency

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Marcellus Williams executed despite protests and requests for clemency

MID-MISSOURI – Marcellus Williams was executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Bonne Terre. Although Governor Mike Parson rejected Williams's pardon for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle in St. Louis County, protesters gathered across central Missouri before his execution, calling for Parson to spare his life. Jim Kemnna, a volunteer at the Jefferson City Correctional […]

That is why the Attorney General of Missouri continues to block innocent people from freedom

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That is why the Attorney General of Missouri continues to block innocent people from freedom

DNA evidence has suggested for years that Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams was wrongfully convicted of Felicia Gayle's murder, and yet the final weeks before his September 24 execution date have seen a series of unexpected twists. That evidence was enough for Gayle's family and the former Missouri Attorney General in 2017. In January of that year, […]