Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.
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.
It doesn’t matter if he was guilty or innocent. State-sanctioned murder is ALWAYS wrong.
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.
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.