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

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.