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Remember Marcellus Williams! A black Muslim man falsely accused. Remember that he's innocent. Remember that the governor of Missouri, mike Parson who had the opportunity to save this man's life, decided not to. Remember all but three supreme court justices decided his life wasn't worth saving either. Remember his face. Remember his Last words. And remember how fucked up this country is
Rest in peace Marcellus
Emmanuel Littlejohn has been waiting for months to find out whether he will die on Thursday or get to live. It's been "the hardest thing I ever did."
Littlejohn, 52, is set to be executed for the shooting death of a convenience store owner during a robbery in Oklahoma City in 1992. If Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt declines to grant him clemency, Littlejohn will be the third inmate executed by the state this year and the 17th in the nation. He's also one of five men the U.S. is executing in a six-day period, and he's set to die just about eight hours before Alabama is expected to execute Alan Eugene Miller using nitrogen gas.
"I would say to the governor: Do what you think is the right thing," Littlejohn told USA TODAY in a recent interview.
Littlejohn has admitted to his role in the robbery but has maintained that his accomplice was the one to pull the trigger, not him.
"I accept responsibility for what I did but not what they want me to accept responsibility for," Littlejohn previously told USA TODAY. "They want me to accept that I killed somebody, but I haven't killed somebody."
In a rare move, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Littlejohn, whose legal team argued that the evidence in the case was unclear, especially who the triggerman was.
Still, Republican Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said afterward that his office would still be arguing against clemency to the governor, calling Littlejohn a "violent and manipulative killer."
If you’re outraged over Missouri murdering Marcellus Williams, then you should know Oklahoma is planning on carrying out an execution of Emmanuel Littlejohn this Thurs. at 10am.
Littlejohn was pardoned by the PPB. There’s still time to call the Governor: 405-521-2342.
I was able to leave a voicemail by pressing 1 then 4 then 0. After what happened in Missouri, there's an overwhelming sense of hopelessness that the care about public comments but I hope Emmanuel is able to avoid Khaliifah's fate.
Hi, the best thing to do is to call the Governor’s office directly and press 0 to be connected to a staff person. Ask that the governor respect the wishes of the pardon and parole board and grant clemency to Emmanuel Littlejohn. 405-521-2342
Remember Khaliifah Marcellus Williams! A black Muslim man falsely accused. Remember that he's innocent. Remember that the governor of Missouri, mike Parson who had the opportunity to save this man's life, decided not to. Remember all but three supreme court justices decided his life wasn't worth saving either. Remember his face. Remember his Last words. And remember how fucked up this country is
Rest in peace Marcellus
get dustin higgs off death row.
petitions to sign:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-dustin-higgs/
http://www.savedustinjhiggs.com/
https://www.change.org/p/help-save-dustin-john-higgs?recruiter=1168615689&recruited_by_id=c430a5a0-3c1e-11eb-a8dd-37a6bf7ca6e3
abolish the death penalty:
http://deathpenaltyaction.org/take-action
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-congress-abolish-the-federal-death-penalty/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/abolish-the-death-penalty-3
https://www.change.org/p/abolish-the-death-penalty-in-the-united-states
learn about this case:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b0a8add7b04934754303/amp
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1133132.html
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri allowed Marcellus Williams to be executed today despite evidence proving his innocence and the objection of prosecutors and the victim's family.
tw : execution, mention of murder
take action for dustin higgs
i have only seen a few petitions for dustin higgs but i’m linking them below. if you know of anymore; PLEASE LINK THEM.
DUSTIN HIGGS IS NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIMES HE IS BEING EXECUTED FOR. PLEASE, TAKE A FEW SECONDS AND SIGN TO HELP SAVE HIM. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
do not sign any white house petitions if you are not a united states citizen. do not bother using fake zip codes on those petitions. one false signature and the whole thing could be seen as invalid.
action network
change.org
change.org ii
white house ( US CITIZENS ONLY )
and if you have the means, here is the link of a paypal run by a member of his family
again, if you have more please link them. sign, share, discuss and spread awareness. don't wait until it's too late.
If it was a white man, execution would be out of the question.
This is barely a failure of the legal system, this is what the american legal system is made to do and what it was built on. The american legal system is built to be corrupt. It has had the blood of innocent black people on its hands as far back as it goes.
A better future must be made, for Khaliifah Williams and the rest of the innocent lives taken.
Mike Parson is evil. Even the alleged victim's family objected to the execution. Everyone who let this man die is evil.
When will there be justice?
Yet again, the US proves that it is not a country of freedom, but of blood.
We send bombs to fuel Israel’s own bloodlust, we let the police terrorize people of color, we slaughtered and starved countless indigenous people, we can’t even keep our students safe for fucks sake!
And now our justice system takes the life of an innocent man.
Rest in power Khaliifah Williams, we will never forget you.