A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection on Tuesday.
A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection.Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was repeatedly stabbed during a burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.Missouri Gov.
Williams' execution would be the third in Missouri this year and the 100th since the state resumed executions in 1989.This marks the third time Williams has faced execution. He was less than a week away from execution in January 2015 when the state Supreme Court called it off, allowing time for his attorneys to pursue additional DNA testing.He was just hours away from being executed in August 2017 when then-Gov.
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