THE AUDACITY: Missouri Rushes Execution of Marcellus Williams Despite Deep Doubts
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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) reports:
Missouri is sprinting to execute Marcellus Williams despite overwhelming concerns and a consent judgment meant to spare his life. Governor Parson’s bloodthirsty refusal to halt this execution shows how cheap Black life remains to the state machinery.
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson has sent a letter to Missouri’s Governor Parson, urging him to stop the execution of Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams scheduled for September 24, 2024. Last month, the Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered a consent judgment accepting the Alford plea of Mr. Williams and sentencing Mr. Williams to life
The machinery of state violence doesn’t care about truth, only body counts. We won’t look away.
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