Marcellus Williams was executed in the state of Missouri after spending more ... Williams was first arrested in 1998 and charged for the first-degree murder of 42-year-old Felicia “Lisha” Anne Gayle.

15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams ... according to the Associated ...

For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to delay the execution. Williams was originally charged with the 1998 murder of Felicia ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

The victim, Felicia Gayle was found stabbed ... hair and a trace of DNA on the murder weapon; however, none of this forensic evidence matched the DNA of Marcellus Williams. According to the ...

Last month, the state of Missouri executed 55-year-old Marcellus Williams, who spent two decades in prison, despite prosecutors’ efforts to overturn his conviction for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle ...

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TUSKEGEE − No one questions that William Chase Johnson shot Lowndes County Sheriff "Big John" Williams in the parking lot of a Hayneville convenience store. But as Johnson's murder trial began Tuesday ...