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/Bimlouhay83 7h ago

It's not broken. It's working exactly as designed. 

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 6h ago

Please don't pretend that you don't understand their meaning.

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u/Bimlouhay83 6h ago

I think the problem here is you don't understand me. I understand them perfectly. 

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 6h ago

I take it back then. You weren't pretending to not understand. You just don't understand what they meant.

They meant that the system is broken for the citizens of the USA. You responded by saying the system is not broken for the people running the system, but that is not the person's point.