Missouri proceeding with execution despite new DNA evidence

I do not like giving judgement on hearing one side. If true of course it is a travesty but we have heard only one side so I reserve judgement and I would suggest others do likewise.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I do not like giving judgement on hearing one side. If true of course it is a travesty but we have heard only one side so I reserve judgement and I would suggest others do likewise.
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You will never hear the other side because he'll be dead. if there is new evidence, as claimed, there should at very least be a stay of execution and a retrial.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I do not like giving judgement on hearing one side. If true of course it is a travesty but we have heard only one side so I reserve judgement and I would suggest others do likewise.
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Bollocks. Surely DNA evidence showing he didn't commit the murder should be sufficient for, at the very least, a retrial.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
The fact that the prosecution had 6 of the 7 black members of the jury removed before the trial says a lot about the USA as a nation. Basically saying that they expect citizens to make decisions based on race/colour rather than be objective about the evidence in front of them.
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It's not just the States. It's everywhere mate.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/judge-racism-judicial-system-black-communities

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/13/ukcrime.race
 
mindmyp's_n_q's said:
http://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/williams-marcellus.htm

Think this covers everything apart from the new DNA evidence.
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Wasn't there, but the physical evidence against him is pretty compelling, even absent the words of his girlfriend and the jailbird who had served his time. No idea what DNA evidence could overcome all the physical evidence and observations of Williams after the event. He appears guilty. That says nothing about my feelings of the death penalty, but that is the law in Missouri. I live in Illinois where the death penalty was repealed by a previous Governor...who was later indicted on unrelated corruption charges!

Crime and punishment...a never-ending tale of woe.
 
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