A Missouri inmate is set to die today – even after a prosecutor fought to have his conviction repealed based on new evidence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.
Texas judge orders Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce records unsealed amid heated Senate primary
Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, were released Friday by order of a judge, months after she filed citing “biblical grounds.”
An oil and chemical tanker sanctioned by the United States has entered Venezuelan waters, ship tracking data showed, despite US President Donald Trump declaring a “total and complete blockade” of such vessels transiting the country.
The Justice Department’s partial release of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday marked a moment of triumph for Epstein survivor Maria Farmer and her sister Annie, who have said for years that Maria had filed one of the first complaints against Epstein in the 1990s.
‘Twas the week before Christmas in a Montreal store, when Santa stole groceries, then walked out the door.
The US struck multiple targets in Syria on Friday that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack against American troops there that killed two service members, according to two US officials.
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Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced Friday she was ending her short-lived bid for governor of New York and would not run for another term in Congress.
In his latest effort to lower drug costs, President Donald Trump unveiled Friday “Most Favored Nation” pricing deals with nine more pharmaceutical companies.
At least seven Colombian soldiers were killed and 30 wounded Thursday when a guerrilla group attacked an Army base with drones and explosives, the military said.
The Supreme Court on Friday sided against the Trump administration, keeping alive a federal lawsuit from immigration judges who are attempting to challenge a policy that limits their ability to speak publicly.
The Department of Homeland Security announced its intention to pause a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, though it’s unclear whether it’s been suspended entirely.
New signage is being installed at Washington, DC’s performing arts center on Friday to include President Donald Trump’s name.
A simmering battle over the future of President Donald Trump’s political movement exploded on one of the right’s biggest stages Thursday, as prominent conservative influencers used Turning Point USA’s annual youth conference to attack each other and their competing visions.