Two men on death row were to be executed Tuesday in the United States, including a Black man convicted of murder whose conviction has been described as a "devastating miscarriage of justice."

The 55-year-old was convicted in 2003 over the killing of Lisha Gayle in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong.

A Missouri man was executed on Tuesday, according to the state's Department of Corrections, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about the integrity of the case and the victim's family said he should be spared.

The same prosecutor’s office who convicted Marcellus Williams of murder now says that evidence clears the 55-year-old’s name. His victim’s family agrees.