The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of these men was Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who died by lethal ... Williams was innocent of the 1998 murder of St. Louis reporter Felicia Gayle. None of the physical evidence ...

Roberson’s scheduled execution would come less than a month after Missouri put to death Marcellus ... life in prison. Williams was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, a social worker ...