Hacker News with Generative AI: Capital Punishment

Clarence Thomas Thinks the Real Victims Are Prosecutors Who Engage in Misconduct (slate.com)
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Glossip v. Oklahoma, a death penalty case posing a question so bizarre that its very existence should serve as an indictment for capital punishment: Can courts force a state to execute a possibly innocent prisoner when the state itself doesn’t want to?
Supreme Court, Capital Punishment, Justice System, Law
12 points by hn_acker 35 days ago | 5 comments
Tell HN: Texas about to execute Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old man with autism (ycombinator.com)
On Thursday, Texas is likely to execute Robert Roberson, 57, a man with autism sentenced to death in 2003 after his daughter Nikki died [1, 2].
Texas, Capital Punishment, Autism, Criminal Justice
29 points by rossant 38 days ago | 4 comments
Opinion letter about Robert Roberson, about to be executed in Texas (shakenbaby.science)
How far can we go in the name of "science"? As Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old autistic American, faces execution in Texas on October 17, this question takes on a particularly urgent resonance.
Capital Punishment, Autism, Science, Texas
13 points by rossant 49 days ago | 1 comments
Why Are Innocent People Still Being Executed? (theatlantic.com)
On Tuesday night, Missouri executed Marcellus Williams, a man who may well have been innocent of the crime he was convicted of.
Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment, Innocence Project
10 points by rossant 53 days ago | 5 comments
Who is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri despite evidence of innocence (innocenceproject.org)
Mr. Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24. Gov. Mike Parson has the power to stop this tragedy now.
Justice System, Missouri, Capital Punishment, Innocence Project
359 points by bjourne 57 days ago | 466 comments
Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice (latimes.com)
The state of South Carolina on Friday strapped down Freddie Owens and injected him with a chemical that’s usually used to euthanize pets. In the days before the execution, a key witness against him admitted testifying falsely at trial to save himself, and said Owens had nothing to do with the 1999 murder for which he was convicted. But that didn’t matter. Owens, also known as Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, was put to death.
Capital Punishment, False Testimony, Justice System, South Carolina
23 points by YeGoblynQueenne 61 days ago | 29 comments