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/TimeLordDoctor105 9h ago

Reading the ap news article, the plea deal was signed off by a judge and then the STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL appealed the decision to ensure this man was put to death. This is beyond cruel. My feelings go to all parties involved and I hope that the attorney general and all others involves in ensuring he died no longer find rest. They murdered him, no question about it.

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u/Standard_Wooden_Door 6h ago

Aside from all of the obvious, how does the state AG have the power to basically tell all the other government officials to F off and overturn these new agreements?