Prosecutors and the victim’s family urged that he be spared based on DNA evidence showing that Williams was in fact innocent.

Following the court's ruling, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed the state will carry out Williams' execution on Tuesday.

A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections ...

A state judge upheld the conviction earlier this month, finding that the lack of evidence on the knife was not enough to ...

Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff who has never granted clemency in a death penalty case, rejected ...

Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams given lethal injection even though attorneys said his DNA was not found on murder weapon - ...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the state will move forward with plans to execute Marcellus Williams at 6 pm local ...

Marcellus Williams had always maintained that he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of a former St. Louis ...

Williams was executed despite pleas for clemency from prosecutors and family members of murder victim Felicia Gayle.

The execution came despite one of the prosecutors in the case saying that Williams' life should be spared because DNA did not ...

Williams’ hopes of having his sentence commuted to life in prison suffered dual setbacks Monday when, almost simultaneously, ...

Missouri Gov. Parson is ordering U.S., state flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Kansas City Fire Department firefighter ...