Marcellus “Khaliifa” Williams took his final breath, executed by lethal injection in a Missouri prison, with the NAACP ...

Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of ...

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

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted of the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed more than 40 times during a ...

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

Missouri has executed a convicted murderer who maintained his innocence for more than two decades, despite last-minute ...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has been branded 'shameful' and 'racist' after convicted murderer Marcellus Williams, 55, was ...

Marcellus Williams was convicted of murdering a former journalist, but concerns had been raised that key evidence had been ...

Having been held behind bars in Missouri for 20-years, Williams became the third execution in the state this year, and the 15th in the US, while being one of five executions in the space of one week, ...

Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri despite DNA evidence and scrutiny from prosecutors, appeals now for clemency ...

The 55-year-old was sentenced to death in 2001 for killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter found dead in her gated ...

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