Reader sir and sir, do you think death penalty is justified? Do you believe that if a person has killed another person, the government can kill the accused after proving it? On the evening of the 24th of last month, Gaganwala sat in front of the TV eagerly waiting for Williams to be released, released? Or does Governor Sir uphold his sentence and Williams is killed by lethal injection? Gaganwala cannot decide who is the real culprit by looking at both sides of any content! Last month in the American state of Missouri, a black prisoner named Marcellus 'Khalifah' Williams was sentenced to death. Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 murder of former local newspaper crime reporter Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed 43 times. Of course, like every prisoner, Williams has consistently maintained that I am innocent. But in this case, not only Williams or his lawyers, but also the prosecutors who filed the case against him, admitted that the accused may be innocent because Williams' DNA was not found on the knife used in the murder, and his trial led to legal confusion over the evidence. In addition, the state of Missouri is a state in the southern part of America and the black people in the southern part are believed to have hatred of the white people towards the descendants of the former slaves. That is why E.S. From 1861 to 1865, a fierce civil war between the northern and southern divisions, in which the south lost, resulted in legislation to free all slaves throughout the country and give equal rights to blacks and whites. To this day, that law is abhorrent to whites and former slave-owners. Prosecutors believe that black–white bias was responsible for the selection of the jury in Williams' case and the conviction of Williams. Thus the defense as well as the government lawyers and in this case the prosecutor and the victim's family tried hard to save his life. State Governor Mike Parsons pleaded to spare Williams' life and to conduct further investigations to make a fairer decision, but both the Missouri State Governor and the Missouri Supreme Court rejected his appeals, deciding not to pardon Williams. Governor Parsons insisted that due process had been fully followed and that the evidence presented during the trial was sufficient to warrant a conviction. This is the third inmate sentenced to death in Missouri this year and the 15th in the nation. 'Tonight, we will all witness Missouri's strange exercise of state power.' Williams' lawyer, Tricia Rojo Bushnell, said in a statement on the evening of Williams' execution. Williams' son, Marcellus Williams Jr., told KSDK-TV that this was not a punishment, it was an assassination by the government. There is a movement to ban the death penalty in America, yet nearly 60% of American adults still support the death penalty for convicted murderers. The previously banned death penalty was reinstated in 1976 and since then 1,392 prisoners have been executed in the United States. Most of these were by lethal injection. If one wants to know out of curiosity what is the situation of death penalty in other countries, then it is known that neither in India nor in Pakistan–no one was given death sentence in 2023. 5 prisoners were sentenced to death in 2023 in Bangladesh. In 2023, Saudi Arabia executed at least 172 people. The UK, i.e. Great Britain, abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998, and Russia has banned the death penalty since 1996, so no one has been executed in those countries. And it is believed that China kills tens of thousands of people annually, but the exact numbers are not made public because the figures are considered 'state secrets'. The death penalty continues in Japan, and Hakamada is the world's longest serving death row inmate. 88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada, convicted in 1968 of killing a family of four in Japan, was sentenced to death. However, after concluding that Hakamada's case was marred by allegations of fabricated evidence and coerced confessions, the Shizuoka District Court acquitted him on the 26th of last month in a landmark decision at the end of a grueling 58-year legal battle. The verdict not only clears Hakamada's name but also revives the debate on the death penalty in Japan. His acquittal shows deep flaws in the justice system. Hakamada is only the fifth death row inmate in Japan's postwar history to be granted a retrial. Jai Vaivaswat Dev!
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