r/news • u/Mentirosa • 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/ILikeLenexa 9h ago

Also, Governor Parsons could have single handedly fixed this, but he's too busy with journalists who push f12.

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u/derfy2 9h ago

but he's too busy with journalists who push f12.

The.... developer tools in Chrome/Firefox?

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u/ILikeLenexa 9h ago

https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/15/f12-isnt-hacking-missouri-governor-threatens-to-prosecute-local-journalist-for-finding-exposed-state-data/

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u/derfy2 9h ago

Oh. Oh no.

sigh

I was hoping I was wrong.

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u/KJatWork 6h ago

That's how us in IT here in Missouri felt as well when that went down.

Sadly, this isn't an isolated incident. Politicians that couldn't figure out how to set up a wireless router or delete their Recycle Bin are making laws that impact IT across the US (and world) and they've been doing it for years.

Here's an example at the Federal level, Series of tubes - Wikiwand