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

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a ...

“The state of Missouri and our nation's legal system failed Marcellus Williams, and as long as we uphold the death penalty, we continue to perpetuate this depravity,” Bush said in a statement ...

The execution is opposed both by Gayle's family and the prosecutor's office that put Williams on death row — an unprecedented combination. “The family defines closure as Marcellus being ...

When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...

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 ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

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 ... Associated Press.

Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row. Williams, who had two previous executions stayed, maintained he was ...