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 ...
In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...
On Sept. 24 a man named Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection by the state of Missouri. The 55-year-old was accused and convicted of the murder of 42-year-old reporter Felicia Gayle in ...
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 ...
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.
The wrongful execution of 55-year-old Marcellus Williams proves there is not justice for all ... Williams remained on death row for more than two decades, claiming innocence in the murder of ...
Last week, the state of Missouri executed Marcellus ... Williams’ case: “If I’m representing some white person who kills a black person, it’s relatively easy to get them off […] But if it’s a black ...
Marcellus “Khalifa” Williams served more than twenty years on death row for the murder of Felicia Ann Gayle but always ...