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Lawyers arguing Marcellus Williams case at Mo. Supreme Court one day before his execution (www.stltoday.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Ion@lemmy.myserv.one to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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In America you can serve 24 years for a crime you didn't do, then when DNA evidence exonerates you, they'll still schedule your execution for September 24th, 2024. This is Marcellus Williams.

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[–] Ion@lemmy.myserv.one 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The NAACP president has called on the Missouri governor to stop the September 24th scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams. You can help by taking 5 seconds to sign this Innocence Project petition.

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck! How are we failing our families so badly that this project has SO, SO many petitions?!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Because nobody with the ability to change it wants to change it. They don't see criminals as people. And it doesn't matter that the person is not actually a criminal. They somehow think that innocent people being free shows them as somehow being soft on crime, because it requires compassion which is clearly a weakness, or something they just don't experience, because they're a sociopath. There's a reason so many "successful" people show sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies, it lets them do things others aren't willing to do.