Five@slrpnk.net to Missouri | The Show-Me State@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agoMarcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be sparedwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkMarcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be sparedwww.cnn.comFive@slrpnk.net to Missouri | The Show-Me State@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarerhacer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down5·2 months agoIt doesn’t matter if he was guilty or innocent. State-sanctioned murder is ALWAYS wrong.
minus-squareYawweee877h444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 months agoArguably, 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.
minus-squarerhacer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoHard 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.
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.