Re:Who Is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri Despite ...
by nemo44x on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:12AM
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In this case though the defense never even challenged the evidence or if it was sufficient. You “regularly” hear about it because it’s so rare that it’s news if it happens. It’s a very rare event.
Read the background here and tell me you really support this man who stabbed that woman - mother and wife - 43 times.
https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/supreme-court/2003/sc-...
Not really - the legal discovery rules require full disclosure of all evidence, yet you regularly hear about how prosecutors don't disclose evidence. Sometimes the appeals process will grant a new trial, sometimes they overturn, but often the judges will just say "we're not going to bother worrying about the lack of a fair trial". It happens often enough that prosecutors are willing to take the gamble on it, otherwise it wouldn't continue to be a common news story.