For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

Last month, the state of Missouri executed 55-year-old Marcellus Williams, who spent two decades in prison, despite prosecutors’ efforts to overturn his conviction for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle ...

Williams spent 20 years on death row after being found guilty in 2003 of killing Felicia Gayle ... connecting Williams to the murder weapon after new testing was conducted in 2016. The original ...

Williams was originally charged with the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle based on two witness testimonies despite evidence that Williams’ DNA did not match the DNA on the murder weapon. Before Tuesday’s ...

in 1977 who was convicted of the murder and mutilation of a librarian ... was executed in the killing of a newspaper reporter named Felicia Gayle in 2001, despite the fact that his DNA didn ...

There is no doubt that Williams was innocent of the 1998 murder of St. Louis reporter Felicia Gayle. None of the physical evidence—bloody fingerprints, footprints and hairs—tied him to the ...

Williams was first arrested in 1998 and charged for the first-degree murder of 42-year-old Felicia “Lisha” Anne Gayle. The Midwest Innocence Project, a legal group whose attorneys represented Williams ...

"It's two She-Devils for the price of one!” Simone tells PEOPLE of Felicia Day narrating Luke Lieberman/Courtesy of Hachette Book Group Felicia Day; Gail Simone's Red Sonja: Consumed Gail Simone’s ...