Marcellus Williams has been executed by the State of Missouri

[BillyL]

Tt's the same thing with school shootings. They'd rather have kindergartners get blown apart then cut off their lobbyist money and base pandering.

For all their talk "life" is one of their lowest priorities.

AMEN to that my brother.

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

IMO 99% chance he did it but that 1% chance he did not should preclude the death penalty being applied. Save it for terrorists and serial killers where there is no shadow of a doubt they are guilty.

 

[BillyL]

Oh, lots of people do give a flying fuck about that. But only three of them are on the Supreme Court.

The 7 on the Missouri Supreme Court passed on the opportunity to intervene as well . .

 

[nycfan]

 

[BillyL]

nycfan . . . appreciate the update, normally, I would have given you a like for your post, I hope you understand why I didn't this time around.

RIP Mr. Marcellus Williams

 

[nycfan]

nycfan . . . appreciate the update, normally, I would have given you a like for your post, I hope you understand why I didn't this time around.

RIP Mr. Marcellus Williams

Completely. Terrible.

 

[farce©]

The 7 on the Missouri Supreme Court passed on the opportunity to intervene as well . .

As did the governor of Missouri who declined clemency. A raft of Republican politicians had the opportunity to do the right thing but decided they would rather kill this man.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

Rest in power

 

[GoHeelsweeeehoooo]

We can't claim to be a civilized society if we are going to continue to allow state sanctioned murder

 

[dcphx]

Better that nine innocents be put to death than 1 guilty go free...

 

[BlooVooDoo]

As did the governor of Missouri who declined clemency. A raft of Republican politicians had the opportunity to do the right thing but decided they would rather kill this man.

Mike Parson is racist scum.

 

[superrific]

The 7 on the Missouri Supreme Court passed on the opportunity to intervene as well . .

It's Missouri.

 

[Icky Mettle]

"You're a murderer. And I'm a murderer. The death penalty makes us all murderers."
—Dean E. Smith

 

[nycfan]

 

[lawtig02]

Must be election season in the Deep South.

 

[BillyL]

Wow . . overturned a 3-2 recommendation to give clemency. . . ?
I think there are some folks that just want to be God.

Amirite DonOld . . ?

 

[Milk and Cookies]

I'm not very familiar with the Marcellus Williams evidence. What was the strongest evidence supporting his guilt?

 

[Icky Mettle]

I'm not very familiar with the Marcellus Williams evidence. What was the strongest evidence supporting his guilt?

One of the pieces of evidence that the MO Attorney General pointed to, arguing that it supported his guilt, was a jailhouse snitch, which is one of the weakest types of evidence there is.

 

[superrific]

Jailhouse snitches should be excluded evidence. We exclude a hell of a lot of evidence more reliable than a fucking jailhouse snitch

 

[Icky Mettle]

Jailhouse snitches should be excluded evidence. We exclude a hell of a lot of evidence more reliable than a fucking jailhouse snitch

I love it when the prosecution calls a jailhouse snitch. It reeks of desperation and gives me ammo in arguing that there is reasonable doubt.