OKLAHOMA CITY — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high ...

The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson each denied requests from an inmate seeking to cancel his scheduled execution for a 1998 murder.

The unusually high number of executions defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty ...

Despite efforts to spare the life of Marcellus Williams, Governor Mike Parsons on Monday denied clemency for Williams, ...

Marcellus Williams is now in his final hours as Missouri prepares for his execution scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24. Despite ...

Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, Marcellus Williams will be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Gov. Mike Parson ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that the state will carry out the execution of Marcellus Williams on Sept. 24. Williams ...

Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff who has never granted clemency in a death penalty case, rejected ...

Oral arguments are set to take place Monday morning before the Missouri Supreme Court as Williams' attorneys fight to halt his execution. The 55-year-old inmate is scheduled for lethal injection on ...

Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that the state will carry out the execution of Marcellus Williams on Sept. 24. Williams ...