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America going soft on capital punishment
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The DP is wrong for many reasons, many of which are shown up in this case. An innocent man executed after just 41 years on death row. He maintained his innonce throughout.
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Missouri Man Executed After Long Fight for Exoneration
Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of a 1998 murder in suburban St. Louis, maintained he was innocent. But the courts and the governor were not persuaded.
Saul Goodman
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I'm 100% against the death penalty but which bit of that says he's innocent?The DP is wrong for many reasons, many of which are shown up in this case. An innocent man executed after just 41 years on death row. He maintained his innonce throughout.
Missouri Man Executed After Long Fight for Exoneration
Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of a 1998 murder in suburban St. Louis, maintained he was innocent. But the courts and the governor were not persuaded.
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"Mr. Bell, a Democrat who recently won the Democratic primary for a congressional seat, also wrote that there was ample reason to believe that Mr. Williams was innocent. He detailed multiple issues with the credibility of the two key witnesses against Mr. Williams and noted that Mr. Williams was not the source of footprints or hairs found at the crime scene, nor of DNA found on the murder weapon."
Saul Goodman
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"A hearing on Mr. Bell’s motion was scheduled for August. But just before that date, his office received a new analysis of the DNA on the murder weapon, a kitchen knife. Instead of pointing to an unknown suspect, which would have bolstered the case for Mr. Williams’s innocence, the analysis showed that the knife had been handled by a prosecutor and an investigator at the trial."
Zapp Brannigan
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The accused shouldn't be proving innocence. The state should be proving guilt.
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See also here:
Man Faces Execution on Sept. 24 Despite Evidence of Innocence
Technically it might not have been possible to prove 100% beyond a shadow of any doubt that he was innocent, same goes for thousands and thousands of people who've been acquitted, but there's a lot of evidence that strongly suggests he was. The conviction was dodgy and the subsequent dismissal of relevant info even more so.
The whole rotten system is heavily weighted against Black men.
Saul Goodman
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Absolutely, the whole system is rotten to the core. I've seen far too many cases of innocent people getting framed by cops in America. I'm just not certain enough about this case. I don't see sufficient evidence to support the claim that he was innocent.
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They already did that.
Zapp Brannigan
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Correct. But (and I'm talking generally here, rather than this specific case) the fresh new evidence, or the witness statements retracted, or the flaws in chain of custody of evidence, or anything pertaining to the case; none of it has to prove innocence. It has to cast reasonable doubt on the conviction.
Saul Goodman
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Indeed, which is why the death penalty should be scrapped. Reasonable doubt should be used to ascertain whether or not the death penalty should be allowed, and given that more than one person has been exonerated after being sentenced to death, it obviously shouldn't be an option.
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In Marcellus Williams case, there were so many other things wrong with his conviction and not just guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
But I'm with Saul Goodman, the death penalty is wrong.
But I'm with Saul Goodman, the death penalty is wrong.
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No amount of cajolery...
Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance
Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it
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Very uncomfortable and sickening reports. How do those governors sleep at nightSix days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance
Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about itwww.theguardian.com
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Not directly related but as goog a place as any to put this. Many countries appear to be easing the use of the death penalty while Singapore gets worse, especially for drug crimes. Meanwhile, they are also silencing opponents of the penalty
www.hrw.org
Singapore Moves Further Out of Step on Death Penalty
While several Asian governments have taken steps to reduce their reliance on capital punishment, Singapore marks the 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty by continuing to execute death-row prisoners and muzzling anti-death penalty activists.
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Robert Roberson was spared at the last minute. For now.
Judge blocks execution of Robert Roberson in controversial shaken baby case
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Some good news from death row. Sadly he could have done more and sooner, but hey, thankful for small mercy's
Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump
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BBC are now declaring it was a political act as opposed to an act of compassion
Firstly, who cares if it was?
Secondly, Biden is a well-known practitioner of Catholicism. The Catholic Church currently frowns upon the death penalty. This would be well in line with his brand of faith.
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