Critics are raising alarm over Missouri's execution of Marcellus Williams, who insisted he was innocent of the 1998 murder. They argue systemic flaws and racial disparity underline the injustice.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson expressed outrage, stating that this case exemplifies a pervasive problem, calling the execution a 'lynching of another innocent Black man' and urging a reevaluation of the death penalty's implications.
Governor Mike Parson declared during the execution that no juror or judge ever deemed Williams' claims of innocence credible, indicating a resolute position on the legal finality of capital punishment despite ongoing doubts.
Williams' attorneys highlighted the questionable integrity of key testimonies and DNA evidence discrepancies that framed his conviction, pointing toward a critically flawed justice system that sent him to death row.
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