The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams, despite the prosecution asking for a stay due to him potentially being innocent.

[u/dimforest]

[u/Whyeth]

until Attorney General Andrew Bailey stepped in.

What do you call someone who makes a conscious decision to end the life of an imprisoned person you're being told is innocent other than "murderer"?

[u/KopOut → u/Whyeth]

A Republican

[u/ignatious__reilly → u/KopOut]

The actual prosecutors and the victims own family stepped in and tried to vacate this death sentence……….

But a fucking Republican stepped in and committed outright Murder.

That’s fucking terrifying yet predictable.

[u/HippoRun23 → u/ignatious__reilly]

It’s some of the darkest shit I’ve seen today.

And I’ve been following the Lebanon stuff too.

[u/hearsdemons → u/HippoRun23]

How can we trust that level of power on one person? We give the governor literally the power to kill someone who is more than likely innocent. And no one else could step in? Basically, if you’re wrongfully incarcerated for something you didn’t do, then someone could just give you capital punishment. It’s a dark day in America.

[u/Mcj1972 → u/hearsdemons]

It's always been a dark day for some. That's never changed. It just stands out more for the rest of us.

[u/Chemical_Knowledge64 → u/HippoRun23]

America allows terrorism from its allies and against minorities and political opponents here. This country is a failed state pretending to be a civilized one.