Breaking: MO Gov. Eric Greitens has halted tonight's scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams in Missouri.
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For background, here was one of Marcellus Williams' petitions that had been pending at
#SCOTUS: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3939413-Williams-17-5641-CSH-Petition.html …pic.twitter.com/5ZvZRIsmOT
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Greitens' statement: "To carry out the death penalty, the people of Missouri must have confidence in the judgment of guilt."pic.twitter.com/5Ect3yqc1M
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It is terrifying to think of the outcry required for this to happen. 100s if not thousands are in jail on fabricated charges. It is a means
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2/of terrorizing black & brown communities all over America. Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, and NY all are re-trying cases or reviewing cases
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3/ because of fabricated and/or falsified charges, or testimony or phoney crime lab results. This is not the rule of law. This is the rule
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4/of racism deeply engrained in the legal system and peoples attitudes. White people must wake up to this atrocity and address it now.
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