Those eight words, released in a statement, were the last shared by Marcellus Willliams, a devout Muslim, an imam for prisoners and a poet before he was put to death at the Correctional Center in ...

Last year, Missouri was one of five states in the country that carried out executions. Four people — Amber McLaughlin, ...

No more state-sanctioned barbarity. No more killing of innocent people like Marcellus Williams. Abolish the death penalty.

Despicable baby killer Travis Mullis gave his haunting final words following a 16-year spell on death row, before being being ...

"I was under the impression that the system works," Timmy Donald said. "So, when I was arrested, I said, 'They're going to figure it out.' ... They never did." ...

However, similar words could have easily been uttered after the Missouri execution of Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams, a ...

St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell expressed concerns over Williams' execution, stating, "Even for those who disagree ...

Despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence, Williams was executed, showcasing the deep flaws and racial bias embedded ...

Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, is set to die by lethal injection today for his role in the June 1992 murder of Kenneth Meers, ...

Candidates for Missouri attorney general are at odds over the office's handling of pleas to overturn prison convictions. The ...

There are individual court cases that are perfect symbols of larger injustices, and earlier this month a Black woman named ...

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri after the Supreme Court denied his stay, despite questions about his conviction.