Marcellus Williams executed after two decades on death row

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri. Read his final words, and his poetry

Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams’s final statement before he was executed Tuesday night in Missouri was one of simplicity and faith.

"Missouri lynched another innocent Black man": Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutor's plea

The NAACP said Tuesday night's execution was "murder," not justice

Dispatch From Missouri: Mourners Decry Execution of Marcellus Williams

The State of Missouri put its lethal hands on another of its longtime death penalty captives on Tuesday evening in Bonne Terre, prematurely ending his life with a poison injection of pentobarbital. The state-sponsored killing of Marcellus Williams took place at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, the same prison where the state executed Brian Dorsey in April and David… Source

Marcellus Williams Executed By Missouri Despite Final Appeal And Strong Innocence Claims

The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams Tuesday evening despite strong claims of innocence and DNA evidence failing to link him to the 1998 killing of former newspaper reporter Lisha Gayle. Both the prosecutor and the victim’s family sought to spare his life, but the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal. His execution raises questions about the death penalty in this country. Tonight, Missouri executed an innocent man.Our hearts …

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecution calls to vacate conviction

Missouri carried out the execution on Tuesday of a man whose capital conviction had been marred by controversies over insufficient evidence, compromised witness testimony, and racial discrimination. In a statement, the Innocence Project, an advocacy group devoted to exonerating wrongfully convicted death row inmates, wrote of Williams’ passing: Mr. Williams’ story echoes that of too many others caught in our country’s broken criminal legal syste…

Missouri executes Muslim prisoner Marcellus Williams despite Catholic protest

The lethal injection room at California's San Quentin State Prison. / Credit: California Department of Corrections via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) St. Louis, Mo., Sep 25, 2024 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Missouri executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday evening for the brutal murder of a St. Louis journalist in 1998 despite significant local and national outcry from Catholics and others who begged state authorities not to carry out the execution, cit…