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A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted

Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing their support for a man scheduled to be executed in October

The Independent UK

Prof: Politics behind Missouri execution

Missouri executed Williams despite questions about his conviction and protests from prosecutors and victim's family

Salon

A Missouri man has been executed for a 1998 murder. Was he guilty or innocent?

Questions are still swirling around the execution of a Missouri man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998

The Independent UK

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Missouri "lynched" Marcellus Williams

The NAACP said Tuesday night's execution was "murder," not justice

Salon

Man executed in Missouri after 20 years despite victim's family thinking he was innocent

Marcellus Williams was convicted of murdering a former journalist, but concerns had been raised that key evidence had been contaminated

Evening Standard

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutor's objection

The US state of Missouri on Tuesday executed death row inmate Marcellus Williams for the 1998 murder of a woman, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about the integrity of the case. The victim's family had pleaded with authorities to spare…

France 24

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim’s family, jurors and office that tried him

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Lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before a Missouri inmate's planned execution

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial

The Independent UK

Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims

Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty

The Guardian - US

Missouri Supreme Court To Hear Marcellus Williams Case

Marcellus Williams faces execution despite doubts on DNA evidence and concerns about racial bias in his case.

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

The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a day before his scheduled execution

The Independent UK

Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution

Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017

The Independent UK

White officer who fatally shot Black man shouldn't have been in his backyard, judge rules in suit

A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective

The Independent UK

Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away

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Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams

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A man’s murder conviction was overturned after 33 years. The prison refused to release him

Christopher Dunn wasn’t released after his conviction was overturned

The Independent UK

Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

Chiefs set deadline of 6 months to decide whether to renovate Arrowhead or build new — and where

The Chiefs have set a deadline of six months from now to decide on a plan for the future of Arrowhead Stadium

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Missouri Gov. Signs New Law Stopping Netflix and Other Streaming Companies From Being Charged Franchise Fees

Missouri becomes the 14th state to restrict its municipalities from charging streaming services cable-like right-of-way fees

The Independent UK

Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later

A Missouri judge has set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just over a month before Williams is scheduled to die

The Independent UK

Missouri governor vetoes school safety initiative to fund gun-detection surveillance systems

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed funding for a school safety initiative using gun-detection surveillance systems

The Independent UK

Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri

The Independent UK

A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs

The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, says an economic ‘border war’ between his state and Kansas has restarted

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Court documents show Britt Reid allegedly violated parole

Britt Reid can't seem to stay out of trouble

The Independent UK

Missouri executes death row inmate David Hosier over double murder he claimed he did not commit

David Hosier was executed on June 11 after being convicted of killing woman he had an affair with and her husband

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