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Marcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Five to c/missouri@midwest.social

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[–] rhacer@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter if he was guilty or innocent. State-sanctioned murder is ALWAYS wrong.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Arguably, it does matter a lot more if he was innocent, and it matters A LOT A LOT A LOT more if the appropriate authorities were presented with evidence of his innocence and chose to ignore it.

[–] rhacer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hard disagree. No matter what someone does state-sanctioned murder is unacceptable. Full stop.

Then you don't need to worry about someone being innocent or authority figures ignoring evidence.

State-sanctioned murder is an evil act.