Missouri
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite innocence claims
What happened to Marcellus Williams fits a sad pattern in this country's use of capital punishment.
On Tuesday night, the state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams. It was a legally sanctioned murder.
As the Washington Post put it, he was “convicted of a 1998 murder that he said he did not commit.” The evidence suggested that Williams should no... [7187 chars]