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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.
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Matthew Jacober, special counsel for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell’s office, filed the appeal earlier this week with the state’s high court, asking it to review St. Louis County Judge Bruce Hilton’s ruling upholding Williams’ conviction.
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Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next monthTestimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams. The hearing Wednesday address whether to vacate Williams’ 1998 murder conviction.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied two appeals on behalf of Missouri inmate Brian Dorsey, clearing the way for his scheduled execution Tuesday evening.
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The Kansas City Star reports that 60 corrections officers and other staff members signed onto a letter to Gov. Mike Parson in support of Brian Dorsey.
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Missouri said the U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee a reporter or anyone else a right to see executions.The state is pressing a federal judge to throw…
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A September execution date has been set for a man convicted of raping and killing a 15-year-old Kansas City girl in 1989.The Missouri Supreme Court set…
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Pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt is persevering in his legal fight to publicize details about Missouri's execution methods. The move comes…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the scheduled execution of a Missouri man who was convicted of killing a woman and her two children in 1998.The high…