A Missouri inmate is set to die today – even after a prosecutor fought to have his conviction repealed based on new evidence
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The Missouri inmate will be executed Tuesday evening unless the US Supreme Court intervenes with a stay of execution.
The office that prosecuted him wants his murder conviction overturned. The family of the woman he’s accused of killing has agreed to a life sentence for the inmate instead of the death penalty. But Marcellus Williams is scheduled to die tonight after Missouri’s supreme court and governor refused to grant a stay of execution following a flurry of appeal efforts based on new evidence. Williams was convicted in 2001 of killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter found stabbed to death in her home in 1998. The 55-year-old is set to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre unless the US Supreme Court intervenes. But recently, the top prosecutor in St. Louis County joined Williams’ attorneys in asking for Williams’ conviction to be overturned after new testimony from the 2001 trial prosecutor and recent DNA testing showing evidence contamination.
Cuba is working to restore the electricity supply after another island-wide blackout left more than 10 million people without power.
President Donald Trump said Sunday border czar Tom Homan will be in charge of deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling CNN the agents will help with security at entrances and exits to ease the Transportation Security Administration’s workload.
Donald Trump wants us to believe that a deal with Cuba is close at hand. After this past week, I am not so sure.
President Donald Trump has said ICE agents will head to US airports tomorrow amid a partial government shutdown. Follow for live updates
President Donald Trump said Sunday border czar Tom Homan will be in charge of deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling CNN the agents will assist with security at entrances and exits to ease TSA workload amid a partial government shutdown.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.
Why do people “pledge allegiance” to a “state” that is no longer a state? And what spurs someone to not just attack innocent people, but to then make a statement of loyalty while doing so?
A Supreme Court case examining state deadlines for election ballots sent in the mail is just the tip of the spear in President Donald Trump’s war on mail-in voting.
As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.
Donald Trump wants us to believe that a deal with Cuba is close at hand. After this past week, I am not so sure.
The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into another anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty.
Cuba’s Ministry of Energy announced Saturday evening that entire island has suffered another electrical blackout, leaving more than 10 million people without power.
Iran’s attempt to strike a US-UK base over 2,000 miles (over 3,000 kilometers) off its coast has renewed questions about Tehran’s military capabilities and how far its missiles can reach.