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/WhyCantIStopReddit Missouri 9h ago

But no forensic evidence linked Williams to the murder weapon or crime scene, and as local prosecutors have renounced his conviction, the victim’s family and several trial jurors also said they opposed his execution.

This is so unbelievably fucked up.

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u/FallOutShelterBoy New York 7h ago

Reminds me of the execution of Nathaniel Woods in Alabama. He was at the scene of a triple cop homicide, but never touched the gun or obviously shot anyone. Still sentenced to death for triple capital murder and Kay Ivey refused to commute the sentence of a “known drug dealer”. Asinine

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u/Rabid-kumquat 5h ago

Missouri is not going to forgo the legal killing of a black man.

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u/bestlongestlife 4h ago

I feel this

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u/Liatin11 2h ago

I concur