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/WritestheMonkey 8h ago

One of the witnesses recanted. This is nothing more than a state not wanting to admit to wrongful incarceration because it costs them money. People would clutch their pearls if they had to accept that the judicial system is full of flaws, that cops get it wrong, that prosecutors can drop the ball, that judges can have ulterior motives. The governor dismissed a Board of Inquiry before it completed a report on Wallace's case. When Wallace sued, the governor tried to get the case dismissed but a judge thought it had merit. The governor pushed it up to the Missouri Supreme Court and pursueded them to dismiss it. The the AG pushed up his execution date.

Despicable corruption. Missouri's Governor Parson should face charges for this. Wallace's blood is on his hands... And I think Parson is proud of that.

Stuff like this happens too often. Laws need to change.

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u/Cant0thulhu 7h ago

Especially in ratfucked red states like missouri. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missouri.

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u/parasyte_steve 7h ago

They just legalized chemical castration in Louisiana for cases of pedophilia. Like I get it but the fact that an innocent person could potentially get castrated over bad evidence or etc is simply unacceptable. And I do not trust the Louisiana legal system at all.

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u/MyNameIsAirl Iowa 3h ago

According to this NPR article chemical castration was already legal in Louisiana and some other states but the new law legalized surgical castration. It also says that they can't force it but it would add additional time to your sentence with no chance of parole.