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.”
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.
Well, I mean, they don’t want to appear lenient on the wrongfully convicted.
Leela: We’ve petitioned the governor. But he doesn’t want to appear soft on people who’ve been falsely imprisoned.
If they know he’s innocent and they kill him anyways, that sounds like murder.
It is murder either way.
I checked and murder is wrong but it’s very wrong so you can murder someone who committed murder because then murder isn’t wrong because you’re wronging in the right way against a wronger
that’s bad and wrong
There should be a new word for that, like… badong
swinging a chain, swinging a chain
Tiny net. Death sentence.
Seriously though, Missouri just straight up murdered a human being.
Damn.
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The “pro-life” party is filled with genocide apologists, pedophiles, and murderers.
you left out racists
That’s technically covered by “genocide apologists” I think.
Nazis. Scalps.
Isn’t this the same attorney general that refused to release prisoners that had been exonerated?
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… 🤔
Naaaaaaaaaahhhhh…
It does, but they also just love killing.
What is the even the point of the justice system then???
To help silver haired white men
As long as they are rich.
How could I forget the most important part of the equation?
Well, it ain’t a justice system, that’s painfully obvious to the Black community.
To enslave and kill black people, of course.
And poor people. So that we all toe the line.
A system is what it does, don’t let the deliberate misnomer fool you.
Conservatives love their Justice Porn.
Holy shit, even the prosecutors have concerns? When they have concerns about the punishment, you know you seriously screwed up and need to reevaluate.
The victims family too.
At which point do we start calling Andrew Bailey what he is, a murderer?
Pretty soon if this shit goes through
The attorney general argued in court that the prosecutor at the time denied racial motivations for removing Black jurors and asserted there was nothing improper about touching the murder weapon without gloves at the time.
The attorney general is an idiot and lacking in basic evidence collection knowledge.
Don’t give them the benefit of the doubt.
Abolish capital punishment!
This here is a perfect reason why you should.
You would think they would never execute someone without conclusive undeniable evidence. Yet here we are.
It’s too late, they killed him despite the prosecutors and victims family and DNA evidence all pointing towards his innocence. I have seen stories about him everywhere for the last week but apparently Missouri isn’t bothered by negative press, they just love killing black people. An aptly named state; I hope its residents riot but I’ve been to St. Louis and know better than that. I’m afraid this is the new status quo.
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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…
Mike Parson is a murderer. RIP Marcellus.
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