BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who [...]
There was a lot to cheer outside Enterprise Center Tuesday morning. Riders ready to brave their bikes with the St. Louis Blues on-hand to see them off on their three-day, 225-mile ride to Indianapolis.
Despite protestations from the prosecutor’s office and anti-death penalty advocates, as well as calls for clemency from the victim’s family and two men famously convicted by the Missouri justice system for murders they did not commit, the state executed Marcellus Williams late Tuesday afternoon.
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