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.

“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 ...

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 ...

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court blocked an agreement that would spare the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on his innocence claim, ...