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.”
Abolish capital punishment!
This here is a perfect reason why you should.
Mike Parson is a murderer. RIP Marcellus.
You would think they would never execute someone without conclusive undeniable evidence. Yet here we are.
“Tough on crime, damn the torpedoes, full speed!”
My guess: elections are almost here, so that need to be “tough on crime.” This is just despicable
They want people to protest and “riot”
Holy shit, even the prosecutors have concerns? When they have concerns about the punishment, you know you seriously screwed up and need to reevaluate.
Had* concerns. The state murdered him today.
The victims family too.
Well, I mean, they don’t want to appear lenient on the wrongfully convicted.
You could have just stopped at lenient. They’re Republicans, they have no morals or empathy.
republicans? i think it is pronounced racists
Potato potato
It’s the exact same picture
Hey now, some of them are just incredibly, monumentally stupid. Half of the people are below average you know.
Yeah, if they let this guy go, other innocent people might start getting ideas.
Leela: We’ve petitioned the governor. But he doesn’t want to appear soft on people who’ve been falsely imprisoned.
Thanks, I prefer Australia where only the plants and animals try to kill you.
I’ve never seen Australian exceptionalism. But, I’m not surprised.
Was it a kangaroo that firebombed friendlyjordies house?
When prosecutors make the argument… JFC
Our legal system is an abortion
This murder will be an actual example of a post-term abortion that the right has been pretending to be scared of, ironically enough
Oh my God; that’s such a great way to put it!
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.
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?
Missouri’s Republican attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has fought to allow the execution to proceed.
"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.”
I recognize that this is a horrible tragedy for this man and his family, and I hope there is somehow a last-second reprieve, but let this be yet another reminder - R is the party for those with no empathy, no compassion, no concern for anyone not like them. (and that includes the ones jumping from Trump’s sinking ship to cozy up to Harris.) If a Republican is running for any position in your town, any at all, vote for someone else.
It’s almost comical how easily you can predict the party affiliations in these stories.
And yet people here still try to push a “bOtH SiDeS” narrative…
But I’ve been told in no uncertain terms that .ml and hexbear were the instances full of people arguing in bad faith…
Rule 465: Anyone pushing both sides is actually just pushing one side with plausible deniability.
The “pro-life” party is filled with genocide apologists, pedophiles, and murderers.
Nazis. Scalps.
you left out racists
That’s technically covered by “genocide apologists” I think.
This morning I was driving behind a blue Honda fiach. I looked at the driver at the stop before the usual speed trap by the Lynnwood WA highschool. And just like clock work bam! The guy gets the lights right in front of me. I’m just wondering what shit story I’m going to be ending with when I get stopped. I can I’m just not going to drive thru that street. It’s the most direct way to the freeway but obviously business wants to route us thru areas where there are stores. So probably a felony.
The “pro life” party sure seems to get something out of killing people
I wonder if it has anything to do with the colour of his skin… 🤔
It does, but they also just love killing.
Man do the Republicans / GOP / Conservatives / Religions right L O V E violence. They absolutely love it.
It seems they are sacks of fear, which leads them to be defensive and hateful and “hard” just so that everything’s in order and safe because they fear everything and everyone. I wish their amygdala wasn’t overactive…
These are the addresses that need to be leaked.
Executing INNOCENT People is called being PRO LIFE Libtards!
