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The state of Missouri is set to execute Marcellus, even though literally NO ONE with a stake in the outcome of the case—not even the prosecutor nor the victim's family— wants him to die. Learn More Here

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 121 points 3 months ago (6 children)

CNN — [Breaking news update, published at 7:18 p.m. ET]

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.

Cowardly country full of cutthroat murderers.

[–] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 42 points 3 months ago

the crimes of this guilty land etc etc

[–] MalarchoBidenism@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago

After careful deliberation, the honorable ghouls of the Supremacist Court agreed that the State should hurry up and execute the innocent man already.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago

Genocidal, racist ass fucking pathetic excuse of a settler country.

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 102 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So is the point of this murder just to murder a black man in a legal way?

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 102 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Based guerrilla Wikipedia edits today.

Known and proud murderer Michael Lynn Parson of 100 Madison Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101 is a real piece of shit, huh?

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 62 points 3 months ago (2 children)

From the governor who oversaw the George Floyd bullshit, yeah, this is about what I'd expect.

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[–] KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Bet the nerds on Natopedia reverted it for WP:WEITFUIGJAIKF. AKA the "don't tell the truth about anything American without 2000000 sources" clause.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 87 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This is devastating. Reminder that Dems took abolishing the death penalty off their part platform. Literally every single day there is another horror that convinces me that the America of 2024 is no different to the America of the Trail of Tears.

[–] anarcho_blinkenist@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago

one of Clinton's political moves during his 92 campaign was to go back to his home state to sit and watch a mentally-disabled man be executed to show he was "tough on crime."

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 87 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

the Supreme KKKourt is allowing it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marcellus-williams-execution-supreme-court-stay-denied/

Then, hours before Williams was set to be executed, then-Gov. Eric Greitens called it off and appointed a panel of five retired judges to investigate the DNA evidence. The board, however, was dissolved by Parson in June 2023 and never issued its final report.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 71 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So the supreme court just declared the state can murder an innocent token to save it's own face / ego.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago (5 children)

They're into that kind of thing

Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled by 6 votes to 3 that a claim of actual innocence does not entitle a petitioner to federal habeas corpus relief by way of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Or, as the Onion has put it, "Supreme Court Overturns Right v. Wrong."

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 76 points 3 months ago

Prosecutor: I reject the death penalty

Victims family: I reject the death penalty

Judge: I don't!

Isn't there someone you didn't forget to ask?

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 69 points 3 months ago (4 children)

sadness-abysmal A white person recently told me that systemic racism against POC doesn't exist anymore and that the roles have reversed to white people being the truly oppressed race nowadays.

At this point, I sincerely wish that were true... gun-unity

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh no I can't say the n-word anymore, truly I now know what slavery must have felt like. ooooooooooooooh

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago

"Okay, but have you considered that a POC called me a anti-cracker-aktion, and nobody batted an eye when they did it? The fact that I can't get the same degree of chill when I unleash some gamer speak means that anti-white racism is bringing us down on a grand, major systemic level."

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[–] booty@hexbear.net 58 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is nothing I want to say that wouldn't be illegal.

When our turn comes...

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[–] june@hexbear.net 58 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

To the governor Michael Parson and the entire Missouri supreme court:

gui

[–] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 41 points 3 months ago

They love the death penalty souch surely they won't mind...

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 54 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's additional context that people might not be aware.

He is Muslim.

The state didn't just murdered a Black man but murdered a Black Muslim man. And from the interview between Black Myths Podcast and an organizer trying to get him out, he was a devout Muslim too, serving as an imam for the Muslim inmates. This means that his jailers are also aware of his Muslim faith. Besides the US just being foundationally anti-Black, there is also an Islamophobic component to this as well, which will only intensify as the Zionist entity continues to collapse on itself.

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[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 53 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The crimes of this guilty land will NEVER be washed away, not even with blood

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[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 52 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Isn't there some other likely innocent guy about to be executed? Does this happen more than we think and the media is just paying a bit more attention now?

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago

Yeah this shit happens all the time in this vile country john-brown

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago

If it's the case I'm thinking of, it's already too late, they killed him Friday. But it might not be the same, unfortunately we kill innocent people somewhat regularly.

[–] stonefruit@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

Yes there is another one scheduled for October. An innocent Autistic father wrongfully accused of murdering his terminally ill daughter. Here's the link to his case.

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 months ago

That's unfortunately the case for all things. It's a fight of who says it the loudest. And even for some things in society, attention may be futile.

Evil people will find their own explanation for their actions even if it was disproved.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago

America is not a country, it is a death cult with a standing army.

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 47 points 3 months ago

Rest in power, fuck this stupid ass country.

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago

Don't even have words. It's so cruel and senseless.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago

I wish I were religious so that I could earnestly believe that there is a special place in hell for all those involved in this travesty of justice. May this country rot.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago

This was a lynching, same exact shit as the klan hanging black men from a tree by a burning cross

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago

They murdered him :(

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dont know much about how USA law works but couldnt Biden just give him a presidential pardon and Missouri will be force to let him go?

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 32 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I don't think so. The president can only pardon for federal crimes, and I think he is charged under Missouri state law. Which is why it was the governor's choice to grant him clemency or not.

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[–] ValuedConsumer@hexbear.net 32 points 3 months ago

i hope i can take a part in destroying this nation

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