The state of Missouri is set to execute Marcellus, even though literally NO ONE with a stake in the outcome of the case—not even the prosecutor nor the victim’s family— wants him to die. Learn More Here

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      18 hours ago

      It still begs the question of how much longer they think they can keep murdering innocent folk, this is one of the most unambigiously ghoulish things the US has done domestically in recent memory. There is literally nothing that justifies this. No amount of concern trolling or formalism can take away from the fact that an innocent man, with DNA evidence already available that proved his innocence, was murdered for no other reason than being black.

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        8 hours ago

        No amount of concern trolling or formalism can take away from the fact that an innocent man, with DNA evidence already available that proved his innocence, was murdered for no other reason than being Black.

        This is why I keep hoping someone generates the intestinal fortitude to actually start slapping this country in the face again. I’d betray these crackers so fucking fast… Sell 'em all out to whoever wants their blood the most, and then I’ll watch what happens to 'em.