The ruling late Wednesday followed St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton's approval of a plan allowing Marcellus Williams to enter a no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle.
At Saydnaya Military Prison, the Syrian authorities have quietly and methodically organized the killing of thousands of people in their custody, claimed Amnesty.
Adam Ward, 33 years old, was executed on Tuesday for the murder of a city's code enforcement officer. Ward make his final appeal, claiming he was mentally ill when he committed the killing, however, the Supreme court rejected the appeal.
Christopher E. Brooks was executed Thursday night for being convicted of rape and murder. The Supreme Court upheld Alamaba jury's decision to put Brooks to death by lethal injection.
