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A Missouri inmate is set to die tonight after the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal | CNN

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Justices Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have granted the request to pause the execution.

Marcellus Williams was convicted in 2001 of killing Felicia Gayle , a former newspaper reporter.

The family of the woman he was convicted of killing has agreed to a life sentence for the inmate instead of the death penalty.

Gov. Michael Parson , who also has the power to halt Williams ’ execution, says he won’t intervene.

The Missouri Supreme Court says Williams failed to prove his innocence or constitutional error at the original criminal trial.

Williams ' team filed a clemency petition to the US Supreme Court last week .