US execution comes days after that of Marcellus Williams in Missouri, where victim's family also asked for clemency.

On August 11, 1998, a lifelong criminal named Marcellus Williams was looking for a house to rob in a gated community in University City, Missouri. By that point, Williams already had several prior criminal convictions, including for robbery and burglary. He shouldn’t have been on the streets at all, but apparently a judge let him ...

How substantial was the evidence?

Some progressives re-upped calls to abolish the death penalty, while conservatives lauded the execution for providing closure to the protracted case.

There is more incontrovertible evidence of Trumps guilt in the Jan. 6 cases than there was of Williams guilt in a murder.

There is more incontrovertible evidence of Trumps guilt in the Jan. 6 cases than there was of Marcellus Williams guilt in a murder.

Florida bracing for Hurricane Helenes impact; Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite questions over evidence.

Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row.Williams, who had two previous executions stayed, maintained he was innocent in the 1998 fatal stabbing of Felicia Gayle in a St Louis suburb, and a wide swath of people had opposed his death sentence.An attorney representing Williams argued there was racial discrimina...

Photo: Missouri IndependentOn Tuesday, Marcellus Williams, 55, was

In the aftermath of Williams' death, there has been widespread condemnation.

One execution was held on Sept. 20 and two more on Sept. 24. If the two remaining set for Sept. 26 take place,it will mark the most in one week in the U.S. since July 2003. Marcellus Williams was put to death in Missouri despite objections by the victims family.

Marcellus Williams has been executed in Missouri, despite objections from the victim's family and prosecutors.

Missouri executed Marcellus Williams yesterday, a man prosecutors believed was innocent. And, why FAFSAs launch was so disastrous.

Prosecutors in Missouri had doubts about the murder conviction Marcellus Williams, yet the state proceeded with the execution after last-ditch efforts to stop it failed.

The 55-year-old was convicted in 2003 over the killing of Lisha Gayle in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong.

Marcellus Williams was executed by Missouri on Tuesday evening for the 1998 murder of journalist despite objections from his attorneys and a state prosecutor.

A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman's home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim's family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.