A prosecutor contaminated key evidence before the trial and rejected multiple Black people from the jury pool, noting that one "looked very similar" to the defendant.

The judge, prosecutor, and victim's husband all agreed not to seek the death penalty

But the attorney general Andrew Bailey intervened to insure #MarcellusWilliams will be executed on September 24

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/12/marcellus-williams-missouri-conviction-innocence

https://theintercept.com/2024/08/31/marcellus-williams-murder-weapon-gloves-missouri-andrew-bailey

#innocenceproject #deathpenalty #Missouri #BLM #humanrights #capitalpunishment #law

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/call-gov-parson-to-stop-the-sept-24-execution-of-marcellus-williams-417-373-3400

#murder #crime #justice #execution

Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, is due to be executed in South Carolina this week despite an absence of forensic evidence and despite a key witness saying he made false remarks during the trial at the instruction of prosecutors

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/freddie-owens-south-carolina-execution

#deathpenalty #SouthCarolina #KhalilAllah #BLM #humanrights #capitalpunishment #law #murder #crime #justice #execution

Texas will execute Robert Roberson on October 17 for a crime that never happened, based on discredited pseudo-science, and ignoring Texas' "junk science law" meant to prevent such use of flawed forensics and miscarriages of justice

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/robert-roberson-texas-death-penalty-john-grisham-innocent

https://undark.org/2024/08/06/texas-junk-science-law-not-keeping-up-with-science

#innocenceproject #deathpenalty #Texas #RobertRoberson #autistic #humanrights #capitalpunishment #TexasDefenderService #psuedoscience #junkscience #law #murder #crime #justice #execution

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/call-on-gov-abbott-to-stop-robert-robersons-execution