The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it

The aid, which was intended to help feed vulnerable families over summer break, was not distributed for the first time until Sept. 19.

Marcellus Williams' execution raises doubts about his guilt, fueling the debate on the death penalty in the U.S.

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

’How can you execute a man when there is reasonable doubt?’ Obie Alexander, who spent nearly two decades in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, toldThe Independent

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

Lebanese minister says only Washington can help end the fighting. Plus, Missouri executes Marcellus ‘Khaliifah’ Williams

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

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…