themeatbridge@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMissouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his lifeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1462file-text
arrow-up1462external-linkMissouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his lifeapnews.comthemeatbridge@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoGovernor could have done something, right?
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoHe did do something, which was to disband the committee investigating whether this man was wrongfully convicted or not and then later he denied a stay of execution.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoYep, the governor went above and beyond to ensure an innocent man was lynched by the state.
Governor could have done something, right?
He did do something, which was to disband the committee investigating whether this man was wrongfully convicted or not and then later he denied a stay of execution.
Yep, the governor went above and beyond to ensure an innocent man was lynched by the state.