/tags/missouri-executions Missouri executions en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /2024-12-23/top-24-st-louis-public-radio-stories-2024-in-missouri-illinois It's been a wild year rife with protests, innovation, petty scandals, insects, celestial happenings — and much more. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /2024-12-23/top-24-st-louis-public-radio-stories-2024-in-missouri-illinois Jessica Rogen /government-politics-issues/2024-09-27/family-of-marcellus-williams-say-theyve-received-death-threats-since-his-execution The family of Marcellus Williams has reported receiving death threats since the state of Missouri executed him on Tuesday. A representative of his son said the threats were made via phone calls, emails and anonymous social media messages. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:40:36 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-09-27/family-of-marcellus-williams-say-theyve-received-death-threats-since-his-execution Chad Davis /law-order/2024-09-24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams-1998-murder Marcellus Williams had always maintained that he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. State and federal courts rejected numerous last-minute requests to halt the execution and review the case. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:25:25 GMT /law-order/2024-09-24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams-1998-murder Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-09-23/missouri-supreme-court-decision-marcellus-williams Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, Marcellus Williams will be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:27:02 GMT /law-order/2024-09-23/missouri-supreme-court-decision-marcellus-williams Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-09-23/missouri-supreme-court-marcellus-williams-appeal-death-penalty Williams is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle. His attorneys have launched multiple legal battles in an attempt to save his life. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:03:48 GMT /law-order/2024-09-23/missouri-supreme-court-marcellus-williams-appeal-death-penalty Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-08-22/missouri-supreme-court-pauses-deal-that-would-spare-marcellus-williams-life The move by St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton came after the Missouri Supreme Court temporarily paused the deal at the request of Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:19:57 GMT /law-order/2024-08-22/missouri-supreme-court-pauses-deal-that-would-spare-marcellus-williams-life Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-08-21/st-louis-county-execution-marcellus-williams A St. Louis County circuit judge accepted a deal that will keep Marcellus Williams in prison for life without parole. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:57:51 GMT /law-order/2024-08-21/st-louis-county-execution-marcellus-williams Rachel Lippmann, Fred Ehrlich /law-order/2024-07-03/missouri-court-marcellus-williams-dna-evidence-execution-date Marcellus Williams will get a hearing on Aug. 21, at the request of St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell. The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to vacate the conviction after reviewing the case and discovering “clear and convincing evidence” that Williams is innocent. Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:30:05 GMT /law-order/2024-07-03/missouri-court-marcellus-williams-dna-evidence-execution-date Jason Hancock /politics-issues/2020-05-19/missouri-carries-out-countrys-first-execution-during-pandemic Updated at 7:45 p.m. with Barton's deathWalter Barton was executed Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre.Barton is the first person to be… Wed, 20 May 2020 00:45:53 GMT /politics-issues/2020-05-19/missouri-carries-out-countrys-first-execution-during-pandemic Rachel Lippmann /politics-issues/2018-03-07/federal-court-upholds-march-20-execution-of-missouri-inmate A federal appeals court has OK'd the execution of a Missouri man who suffers from a medical condition he says would make the lethal injection… Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:19:32 GMT /politics-issues/2018-03-07/federal-court-upholds-march-20-execution-of-missouri-inmate Rachel Lippmann