Inside the Tragic Life and Controversial Execution of Marcellus Williams
The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...
Opinion
Jurist6dOpinion
The Death Penalty Perpetuates America’s Legacy of Anti-Black Violence
For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...
The Chronicle20d
The conscienceless Micheal Parsons and fake Christian values
The victim, Felicia Gayle was found stabbed ... hair and a trace of DNA on the murder weapon; however, none of this forensic evidence matched the DNA of Marcellus Williams. According to the ...
Next City20d
How Cities Can Bring Some Humanity to the Criminal Legal System
Last month, the state of Missouri executed 55-year-old Marcellus Williams, who spent two decades in prison, despite prosecutors’ efforts to overturn his conviction for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle ...
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Man Faces Execution
On Sept. 24 a man named Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection by the state of Missouri. The 55-year-old was accused and convicted of the murder of 42-year-old reporter Felicia Gayle in ...
The Dartmouth24d
Student organizations hold vigil for Marcellus Williams
On Oct. 15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams ... guilty in 2003 of ...
Click2Houston27d
Texas Supreme Court stays the execution of Robert Roberson
Previous reporting by the Associated Press: A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction ... Missouri put to death Marcellus Williams amid lingering ...
KWTX27d
Travis County Judge issues temporary restraining order to halt execution of Robert Roberson
(AP) A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ... a month after Missouri put to death Marcellus Williams amid lingering questions about his ...
abc1327d
Appeals court reverses Texas judge's pause on Robert Roberson's execution in shaken baby case
Roberson was scheduled Thursday evening to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction ... after Missouri put to death Marcellus Williams amid lingering questions about ...
The Washington Post27d
In ‘Framed,’ John Grisham teams with an activist to spotlight real-life injustice
in 1977 who was convicted of the murder and ... last month, Marcellus Williams, a Black man from Missouri, was executed in the killing of a newspaper reporter named Felicia Gayle in 2001, despite ...
Click2Houston27d
Texas judge grants TRO to keep Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson from being executed tonight
A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to ... than a month after Missouri put to death Marcellus Williams amid lingering questions about ...