Missouri, Texas execute 2 inmates over killings of woman, infant as more expected in other states
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A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing a woman inside her home, marking the beginning of a series of executions in several states over the next couple of days.
Marcellus Williams, 55, died by lethal injection, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to intervene. Williams was put to death for the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was stabbed more than 40 times during a burglary at her home in St. Louis. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
His attorney argued that the state supreme court should halt his execution over alleged procedural errors in jury selection and the prosecution's alleged mishandling of the murder weapon.