Marcellus Williams set for execution today after Missouri Supreme Court rejects appeal in '98 murder
With new DNA evidence and racial bias concerns, Williams faces lethal injection for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle.
Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of Marcellus Williams before his scheduled execution
Williams is set to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle, a crime that he has always denied any role in. His attorneys have launched multiple legal battles in an attempt to save his life.
Missouri Supreme Court, governor decline to halt execution of Muslim inmate prosecutors believe may be innocent
More than 35,000 people have signed petition to block lethal injection of Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams - Anadolu Ajansı
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If courts fail to intervene, Missouri governor must halt the execution of Marcellus Williams
Missouri plans to execute Marcellus Williams on Sept. 24. If that occurs, he’d be the 100th person executed in our state since 1989, a shameful milestone, and another instance of executing a possibly innocent person.
NAACP Urges Missouri Governor To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate Planned For Next Week
Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must die. And any Black man will do,” read a part of the organization's letter.
Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt tomorrow’s execution of a death row inmate who proseuctor says might be innocent
One day before he’s scheduled to be executed, a Missouri death row inmate could learn whether his fate will change after the state’s Supreme Court heard arguments in his case Monday. Marcellus Williams,
A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the yearslong legal battle to save his life.
NAACP President Urges Missouri Governor to Halt Execution Planned for Next Week
The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.
Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution
Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution - Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017
NAACP Calls For Missouri Gov. To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate
The NAACP is urging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to stop the scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday (September 24), Essence reports. Williams, now 55, was convicted in 1998 of killing former newspaper reporter Felicia Gayle.
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Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt tomorrow’s execution of a death row inmate who prosecutor says might be innocent
Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted of killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter ... said in its January ...
The life of Marcellus Williams is now in the hands of Missouri’s governor, and state and federal high courts
Marcellus Williams was facing what may be his last 48 hours of existence, a crucial period with court cases to spare his life ...
State to carry out sentence of Marcellus Williams
The State of Missouri will carry out the sentence of Marcellus Williams, according to an order by the Supreme Court of ...
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Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments on the effort to stop the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams
Williams, 55, was convicted of killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter ... argued in a January motion that DNA testing of the murder weapon could exclude Williams as Gayle’s killer.
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Lawyers fight over evidence in Gayle murder. Judge must decide in weeks.
LOUIS COUNTY — In 2001, Keith Larner won a first-degree murder conviction against Marcellus ... claims he is innocent of stabbing Felicia Gayle to death in 1998. St. Louis County Prosecuting ...
Prosecutors, Jurors, and the Victim’s Family Want His Execution Tossed. Will it Matter?
Prosecutors, jurors, and the victim’s family want Marcellus Williams’ execution tossed. He’s still set to be executed next ...