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Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims (www.theguardian.com)

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Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty

Missouri is slated to execute a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who have suggested he was wrongfully convicted.

Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams, 55, is due to be killed by lethal injection even after the office of the St Louis county prosecuting attorney, which originally convicted him, sought to have his case overturned. Prosecutors have raised concerns about the lack of DNA evidence linking Williams to the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle and have said that Williams did not get a fair trial.

Although the prosecuting office and victim's family backed an agreement to have Williams avoid the death penalty, Missouri's Republican attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has fought to allow the execution to proceed.

“The public doesn’t want this execution to move forward. The victim’s family doesn’t want this execution to move forward and the St Louis county prosecuting attorney’s office doesn’t want this execution to move forward,” said Jonathan Potts, one of Williams’s attorneys, in an interview Monday. “The attorney general’s office, who had nothing to do with this whatsoever, are the ones who are trying to lead him to the death chamber. It’s pretty startling and extraordinary.”

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[–] Tramort@programming.dev 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)

When prosecutors make the argument... JFC

Our legal system is an abortion

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This murder will be an actual example of a post-term abortion that the right has been pretending to be scared of, ironically enough

[–] Tramort@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Oh my God; that's such a great way to put it!

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure Republicans are quite content with the current legal system, but they hate abortions, so it's more like.....a burning homeless shelter? A Puppy- stomping-Yard? An all-you-can-touch daycare?.............uhm.......... What do republicans like else?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

We don't have a legal system. That assumes that figuring out if the law was broken is the primary goal. We have a punishment system. The primary goal is to hand out the harshest punishment that they can get away with, provided you don't have the financial means to be fast tracked over to the slap on the wrist system set aside for rich folks.

The system is working as intended.