Despite protestations from the prosecutor’s office and anti-death penalty advocates, as well as calls for clemency from the ...

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s ...

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor in light of what he described as new evidence, ...

A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state's top court and governor each rejected ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state ...

The Supreme Court rejected Marcellus Williams' final attempt to stave off execution at just before 5 p.m., clearing the last ...

Barring a last-minute intervention by Missouri’s governor or the courts, Marcellus Williams will be executed despite ...

Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.

The justices rejected two separate appeals to spare Marcellus Williams’ life, over the objection of the three liberal ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction ...

AGAWAM — The Woo family, with roots in China, Los Angeles and here in the Pioneer Valley, had long sought a medal honoring a ...