A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing a woman inside her home, marking the beginning of a series of executions in several states over the next couple of days.
Missouri and Texas both put inmates to death Tuesday, amid a series of executions that began last week and are expected to continue in the coming days.
A Missouri man on death row was executed for the brutal 1998 killing of a woman inside her home, marking the beginning of a series of executions in several states over the next couple of days.
Marcellus Williams, 55, died by lethal injection, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to intervene. Williams was put to death for the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was stabbed more than 40 times during a burglary at her home in St. Louis.
His attorney argued that the state supreme court should halt his execution over alleged procedural errors in jury selection and the prosecution’s alleged mishandling of the murder weapon.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell had sought to set aside Williams’ sentence, citing questions about his guilt.
