themeatbridge@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMissouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his lifeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1456arrow-down1external-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 · 3 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoGovernor could have done something, right?
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 months 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-up15·3 months 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.