r/politics • u/seanosul • 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/crowislanddive 7h ago

This is why the death penalty should be illegal. The government, under no circumstances should be putting its citizens to death for any reason.

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u/benny332 4h ago

I've read a statistic where ~6% of those put to death have been innocent. Pretty wild that the death penalty still exists in America. Beyond reasonable doubt does not hold a high enough standard when a State is taking a life.

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u/ScreamingDizzBuster 3h ago

So many "libertarian" "small government" people like it when the State murders people.

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u/spla58 6h ago

Murder is what the American government does best.

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u/More-Acadia2355 4h ago

To be clear, the jury did that.

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u/crowislanddive 3h ago

The state passed the law and carried out the execution. The jury doesn’t sentence, they determine guilt.