Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man convicted of murder, was executed after efforts by both his attorneys and the prosecutor’s office to halt it were rejected by the governor and Supreme Court. “...Missouri is a state, and we are a country, that maintains a system of official killing without mercy, even amidst evidence of innocence,” says Joy Reid. | MS NOW

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday despite protests and repeated appeal efforts from the Innocence Project. Williams was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 death of Felicia "Lisha" Gayle. She was a married 42-year-old reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Williams was convicted of targeting her home for a daytime burglary and taking her life when she tried to interrupt his crime. . . . #marcelluswilliams #marcellus #missouri #stlouis #feliciagayle #lishagayle #stlouispostdis

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