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Williams is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle. His attorneys have launched multiple legal battles in an attempt to save his life.

An annual report on capital punishment says more Americans now believe the death penalty is administered unfairly.

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Regional stories from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Gov. Mike Parson Says Progress Will Be Made with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program Missouri…

A Kansas man who raped, killed and dismembered a 16-year-old girl and beat an 80-year-old woman to death is among the first five federal death-row inmates…

Death penalty opponents have cited a Missouri man's recent sentence in efforts to change state law regarding capital punishment.Missourians for…

Even as the number of executions is set to hit a 25 year-low in the U.S., the use of the death penalty is on the rise globally. One country that is…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri Says Reporter Doesn't Have Right to See ExecutionsAuthorities Investigating Berkeley…

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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt Earl Forrest's execution hours before the Missouri man is scheduled to die by injection.The court…