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Missouri governor, state Supreme Court refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing

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Published 5:24 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)

A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection.

Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was repeatedly stabbed during a burglary of her suburban St. Louis home. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, on Monday rejected Williams’ clemency request to spare him from the death penalty and instead sentence him to life in prison.

The Missouri Supreme Court also rejected a request to cancel the execution.

Attorneys for Williams still have an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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