Marcellus Williams, who was previously convicted for the brutal murder of Lisha Gayle in 1998, was put to death on Tuesday, despite the victim’s family and the prosecutor objecting to the death penalty.
A $25 million settlement has been struck between a North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina regarding a complaint that accused authorities of misconduct, according to the victim’s attorneys on Tuesday. The man had been falsely convicted and imprisoned for 44 years.
A Calirfornia man who spent almost 30 years in prison for kidnapping, raping and robbing a couple has been released after he was cleared by DNA evidence.
A 69-year-old Los Angeles man who was imprisoned for nearly four decades has been declared innocent of the crime he was originally charged with.