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Marcellus Williams executed after two decades on death row

  • The State of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to halt it, following refusals by Missouri's Supreme Court and Governor Mike Parson to intervene.
  • Williams, 55, was executed by lethal injection at a prison in Bonne Terre, with The Innocence Project noting that his last appeals were also rejected on the previous day.
  • British billionaire Richard Branson mourned Williams's execution and criticized it as a "devastating miscarriage of justice," emphasizing concerns about potential innocence.
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Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri after 20 years on death row

Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row.

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The IndependentThe Independent

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecution thinking he was innocent

His final words were ‘All praise be to Allah in every situation!!!’

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CTV NewsCTV News

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams for 1998 killing of a woman despite her family's calls to spare his life

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.

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Black Man, Who Maintained He Didn't Kill Reporter, Executed In US

Marcellus Williams, 55, was sentenced to death in the midwestern state of Missouri for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter.

·New Delhi, India
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Daily MirrorDaily Mirror

Death Row killer Marcellus Williams executed for murdering reporter despite protest from HER family

Marcellus Williams, 55, was executed for the murder of Lisha Gayle, a former news reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in her home

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Hindustan TimesHindustan Times

Who was Marcellus Williams? Missouri executes man, 55, for 1998 murder of reporter Felicia Gayle

Marcellus Williams was backed in his appeals for clemency by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.

·New Delhi, India
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