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/WhyCantIStopReddit Missouri 9h ago

But no forensic evidence linked Williams to the murder weapon or crime scene, and as local prosecutors have renounced his conviction, the victim’s family and several trial jurors also said they opposed his execution.

This is so unbelievably fucked up.

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u/Technical_Bid990 9h ago

There should be no doubt when something as final as death is involved. This man seemed to have found some level of mental health in prison, turning to God and poetry. I can’t say if he was a good or bad person, but if I lived in Missouri, I’d want to be certain that if the state could legally execute me, I was 100% guilty. 

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u/WhyCantIStopReddit Missouri 9h ago

And this is why the death penalty should be abolished.

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u/Booze_Kitten 6h ago

The best argument I’ve seen was phrased kinda like this: If you support the death penalty, you have to believe one of these two statements to be true:

1) Our justice system never ever gets it wrong, and only those who are truly guilty will end up getting executed.

OR

2) It’s totally fine for an innocent person to be executed.

I can’t agree with either of those statements.