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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 9 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 9 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

City Justice Center commissioner on leave, status uncertain

1 year 9 months ago
There were new questions Tuesday night about the leadership at the City Justice Center after KSDK confirmed that director Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah is on leave. For months, St. Louis Board of Alderman members Rasheen Aldridge and Cara Spencer have been vocal about the situation at the City Justice Center. “We’ve been having a lack of transparency with some of the situations that have been going on in the jail,” Ward 14 Alderman Rasheen Aldridge said. “It’s clear that things aren’t…
Holden Kurwicki