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This booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams. The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday, July 12, 2024, ruled that execution plans for Marcellus Williams will move forward, even as the local prosecutor works to overturn Williams' 1998 murder conviction. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Missouri executes man for woman’s 1998 killing despite her family’s calls to spare his life

By David A. Lieb and Jim Salter - Associated Press

FILE - Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on Aug. 21, 2024, in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, file)

Missouri Supreme Court to consider death row case a day before scheduled execution

By David A. Lieb and Jim Salter - Associated Press

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

FILE - This February 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Marcellus Williams. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will allow a panel of five former judges to review the death penalty case of Williams, whose guilt in the stabbing death of a former newspaper reporter, has been called into question by DNA evidence. A spokeswoman for Parson on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, confirmed the panel has been given the go-ahead to proceed. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Ex-judges to review evidence in Missouri death penalty case

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

FILE - This February 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Marcellus Williams. A five-member inquiry panel appointed by former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to investigate the Williams' case canceled its meeting on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, citing confusion over whether it still has authority now that Greitens has resigned. Williams was hours away from execution in August when Greitens halted the procedure after new DNA evidence raised questions about whether Williams really killed Lisha Gayle in suburban St. Louis in 1998. Supporters of Williams planned a rally Tuesday in Jefferson City. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Death row inquiry on hold after Greitens’ resignation

By BLAKE NELSON and JIM SALTER - Associated Press

This February 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Marcellus Williams. Attorneys for Williams are asking the Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to halt his scheduled execution citing DNA evidence that they say exonerates him. Williams is scheduled to die by injection Aug. 22, 2017, for fatally stabbing former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a robbery at her University City home in 1998. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)

Latest: McCulloch confident inquiry board will confirm guilt

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This February 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Marcellus Williams. Attorneys for Williams are asking the Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to halt his scheduled execution citing DNA evidence that they say exonerates him. Williams is scheduled to die by injection Aug. 22, 2017, for fatally stabbing former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a robbery at her University City home in 1998. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)

Missouri governor halts man’s execution after DNA questions

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

This February 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Marcellus Williams. Attorneys for Williams are asking the Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to halt his scheduled execution citing DNA evidence that they say exonerates him. Williams is scheduled to die by injection Aug. 22, 2017, for fatally stabbing former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a robbery at her University City home in 1998. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)

Attorneys for condemned Missouri man seek halt to execution

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press