r/politics • u/seanosul • 11h 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/PigeonMelk 11h ago edited 9h ago

Even the prosecutors office came out in defense of Williams. That is extremely out of the norm unless there was an egregious error. Everyone involved with the situation (aside from Governor Parson and the Supreme Court) was on Williams' after new evidence arose proving his innocence. This is a symptom of a bigger problem with our justice system.

Edit: I misspoke. I said "broken" justice system. The system is not broken, it is working exactly as intended. We need systemic change.

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u/ParadoxInRaindrops 10h ago edited 9h ago

The prosecutors office, three members of the jury even came out expressing their doubts. Williams deserved a stay of execution and a retrial.

ETA: The victim’s own family didn’t want this. From what I’ve read: a pardon was overturned by the State AG & upheld by the Supreme Court.

This was a complete and total miscarriage of justice.

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u/01101011000110 9h ago

They really wanted to kill this innocent man, more than anything else.

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u/KevinCarbonara 5h ago

He was not innocent. Please read up on the case. There's an overwhelming amount of evidence.