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The US regime just executed another innocent black man. (innocenceproject.org)

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https://innocenceproject.org/cases/marcellus-williams/

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[–] NotAnotherLemmyUser 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Misleading title, this was a Missouri State case, not a federal one.

That being said, there are way too many innocent people getting killed for crimes they did not commit.

The only purpose of the death penalty is revenge. It has no place in a modern society.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Both the death penalty, and a system of slave labor camps, are allowed at the federal level:

The US currently operates a system of slave labor camps, including at least 54 prison farms involved in agricultural slave labor. Outside of agricultural slavery, Federal Prison Industries operates a multi-billion dollar industry with ~ 52 prison factories , where prisoners produce furniture, clothing, circuit boards, products for the military, computer aided design services, call center support for private companies. 1, 2, 3

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But officer, I didn't punch him! My fist did!

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 2 points 2 days ago

I did not hit her I did Naaaaaht! Ohimark!

[–] TheTechnician27 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How is this a misleading title? On the one hand, yes, the fed can carry out state-sanctioned murder too (and it's something Trump resumed), but 1) it's absolutely the case that the "death penalty" should and could be banned nation-wide but isn't, and 2) this went before the SCOTUS for an emergency block, but it was voted 6–3 not to block (I'm guessing you know that all of the six were the treasonous fuckwits nominated by Republicans and all three were sensible jurists nominated by Democrats).

What happened here is absolutely still the fault of the federal government. Of course I still agree with the rest of your comment. I just mean to say that even if you somehow totally divorce a US state from the US itself, it's still the US' fault.