r/politics • u/seanosul • 9h ago

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams
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u/WedgeGameSucks America 8h ago

These are the reasons why I don’t live in a red state. Fuck that

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks 7h ago

I am very grateful for the privelage of living in a blue state. Sheesh

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u/koshercowboy 6h ago

Some blue states have the death penalty.

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u/WedgeGameSucks America 6h ago

Not true. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-landing

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u/robby_arctor 5h ago

Your own link states that California has the death penalty.

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u/mewrius 4h ago

Death Penalty States With a Gubernatorial Hold on Executions (6)

In California on Mar. 13, 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom said “I will not oversee the execution of any person while Governor...Our death penalty system has been, by all measures, a failure.” Office of the Governor Gavin Newsom, Governor Gavin Newsom Orders a Halt to the Death Penalty in California, March 13, 2019

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u/robby_arctor 4h ago

That is consistent with what I said.

But even if you accept the premise that temporarily pausing executions is the same thing as banning them, there are other states on there that went blue in 2020 that still have an active death penalty, like Nevada. And states like Kansas, which have a Democratic governor but other Republican victories.

The unfortunate fact is that the Democratic Party has actually shifted right ward on this issue. Idk why anyone would pretend otherwise.

Democrats do not have opposition to the death penalty on their platform for the first time since 2012. 

https://time.com/7014604/changes-to-democrats-criminal-justice-platform/