Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found brutally stabbed in her suburban St.

UPDATE: Missouri governor Eric Greitens has stayed the execution. See below for more details. The state of Missouri is preparing to kill Marcellus Williams via lethal injection tonight, despite new ...

Missouri families traveled to prisons for restoration visits and final goodbyes. Relatives described shared meals, games and prayers to seek closure. Surviving family members reported grief, therapy ...

“The president has long talked about his serious concerns about the death penalty … whether it is consistent with the values fundamental to our sense of justice and fairness,” White House press ...

After Tuesday’s execution of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man who has been in prison for decades after being charged in a 1998 murder, some students at Missouri Western State University shared their ...

Last week, on the day he was scheduled to die, Marcellus Williams didn’t. Just hours before he was to be strapped down and pumped full of poison, Williams, the convicted killer of Felicia “Lisha” ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Five retired judges will lead an inquiry into the death penalty case of Marcellus Williams. Gov. Eric Greitens appointed the board of inquiry Tuesday to consider whether ...