A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s office that put him on death row to let him serve out the rest of his life in prison.

“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.

  • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Williams’ attorneys responded that the girlfriend and Cole were both convicted of felonies and wanted a $10,000 reward. They said that fingerprints, a bloody shoeprint, hair and other evidence at the crime scene didn’t match Williams’.

    A crime scene investigator had testified the killer wore gloves.

    Questions about DNA evidence also led St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to request a hearing challenging Williams’ guilt. But days before the Aug. 21 hearing, new testing showed that DNA on the knife belonged to members of the prosecutor’s office who handled it without gloves after the original crime lab tests.

    I thought I read somewhere else his gf rescinded her testimony too. Wouldn’t be surprised if the prosecutor did the murder.

      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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        2 个月前

        Which is astounding and shows how badly this trial was handled since most prosecutors will still claim someone is guilty even after irrefutable evidence shows they were wrongfully convicted and a judge orders them to be set free.