A petition is circulating that is designed to halt this month’s scheduled of a Missouri prisoner. There are more than 524,000 calling for the State of Missouri to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams. Supporters of the Change.org petition want Williams exonerated,...
A St. Louis County judge has denied a motion to vacate the murder conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams. Williams was found guilty of the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle and sentenced to death. With less than two...
A little over a month before he was scheduled to be executed, Marcellus Williams dropped his innocence claim and pled no contest in an agreement. The deal calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parole. The complicated turn of events happened on the day...
(Jefferson City, MO) – A St. Louis County Court is scheduled to hear about new DNA evidence this week involving a prisoner who could be executed next month. The case involves Marcellus Williams, who was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felisha Gayle, a former...
The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for Marcellus Williams. He was convicted of the 1998 stabbing death of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle. The high court set the execution date shortly after handing down a unanimous ruling...
