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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

1 year 3 months ago
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 [...]
DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER, Associated Press

Marcellus Williams executed after U.S. Supreme Court rejects final appeal

1 year 3 months ago
Just a few hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal, Missouri officials executed Marcellus Williams Tuesday at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Williams, who was backed in his appeals for clemency by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left only a single sentence — “All praise […]
Rudi Keller