By Melissa Noel ·Updated September 25, 2024
The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Tuesday, September 24, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to delay the execution.
Williams, who had been on Missouri’s death row since 2001 was put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CT after being convicted for the 1998 murder of newspaper reporter Felicia Gayle.
In his last statement, Williams said, “All Praise Be To
