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Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments, while proponents argue that innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.
’How can you execute a man when there is reasonable doubt?’ Obie Alexander, who spent nearly two decades in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, toldThe Independent
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams has been executed despite a prosecutor in the case and the victim’s family saying his life should be spared.. Williams, 55, had been convicted of the ...
The Long Silence: The True Story of James Hanratty and the A6 Murder by Valerie Storie, the Woman Who Lived to Tell the Tale (2021) ISBN 9780750996761. Leonard Miller. Hanratty’s Guilt: The A6 Murder and its Aftermath (2022) ISBN 9781838489854. Harriman, Robert (30 October 2023). Executed: But was James Hanratty Innocent?:
The governor would not intervene, and a man who was most likely innocent was executed. ... News story: After Marcellus Williams is executed in Missouri, a nation reacts. As a conservative, I value ...
After Griffin's execution, a 2005 post-execution investigation was sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. [10] [11] [12] This NAACP investigation raised doubts about the conviction (specifically as to the shooter's identity), and subsequently caused an investigation by the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney's Office.
The execution came despite one of the prosecutors in the case saying that Williams' life should be spared because DNA did not connect him to the case. 'It is murder': Marcellus Williams executed ...
Ivey responded to critics, claiming, "...he later bragged about his participation in these horrific murders. As such, the jury did not view Woods’ acts as those of an innocent bystander; they believed that he was a fully engaged participant." [20] Woods's execution made him the 67th death row prisoner to be executed in Alabama since 1978. [10]