Jefferson City, Sep 25 (AP) The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Missouri to proceed with its plan to execute death row inmate Marcellus Williams, rejecting a last-ditch request to intervene on his behalf.

The justices rejected two separate appeals to spare Williams' life, over the objection of the three liberal justices. Williams' execution by lethal injection is scheduled for Tuesday evening.

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The high court's decision came a day after the Missouri Supreme Court and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined to step in on Williams' behalf.

Williams has long maintained that he's innocent in the 1998 killing of social worker Lisha Gayle, who was repeatedly stabbed during a burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

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His execution is opposed by Gayle's family and the prosecutor's office that put Williams on death row. Missouri's Republican attorney general, though, has pushed for the execution to happen. (AP)

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