Marcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared - eviltoast
Marcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared | CNN
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Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.
  • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    605·
    2 months ago

    It doesn’t matter if he was guilty or innocent. State-sanctioned murder is ALWAYS wrong.

    • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.worldEnglish
      46·
      2 months ago

      Arguably, it does matter a lot more if he was innocent, and it matters A LOT A LOT A LOT more if the appropriate authorities were presented with evidence of his innocence and chose to ignore it.

      • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        2 months ago

        Hard disagree. No matter what someone does state-sanctioned murder is unacceptable. Full stop.

        Then you don’t need to worry about someone being innocent or authority figures ignoring evidence.

        State-sanctioned murder is an evil act.