#Innocence Project

[rolandtowen]

In 11 days, Texas is set to execute a man for a crime that never happened

This is Robert Roberson. He has been sitting on Texas' death row for over twenty years after being convicted of murdering his daughter.

The problem? The murder never happened.

Robert was convicted based on the discredited and outdated diagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome", which argued that babies could die from shaking that doesn't leave signs of physical trauma. Robert is also autistic, and his mannerisms lead hospital staff to suspect abuse. There is no evidence that Robert murdered his daughter, Nikki. Killing Robert is not justice.

Please click the link above to sign a petition asking Gov. Greg Abbott to halt Robert's execution. I will also link below to a news article with further information about the case.

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In honor of 'They Very Much Did Kill Jesus' Day, if you mark the day, please consider giving to the Innocence Project.

Barabbas got to go home because he won the people's choice award! We can put some resources toward freeing people who didn't actually do the thing for which they're in prison. (Especially people with capital convictions, but the death penalty is not the only way that prison kills people.)

[lostmementomemori]

Joseph 'Joe' Arridy (April 29, 1915 - January 6, 1939) was wrongfully convicted and executed for the murder of Dorthy Drain, at the time 15 years old, in Pueblo, Colorado, his natal city. He was mentally disabled, and the police manipulated him to make a false confession. He was only 23 years old at the time. due to his mental disabilities, he didn't understand the concept of death or being executed, which had to be explained to him several times in different ways. He was executed by gas chamber. Joe only received a full and unconditional posthumous pardon by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter 72 years after his death.

[gwydionmisha]

Please sign the petition in the article above.

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[alanshemper]

[24 Sept 2024]

Tonight, Missouri executed an innocent man.

Our hearts are with the family and friends of Marcellus Williams and Felicia Gayle, who have suffered unimaginable loss and trauma.

Mr. Williams’ story echoes that of too many others caught in our country’s broken criminal legal system. A Black man convicted of killing a white woman, Mr. Williams maintained his innocence until the very end. His conviction was based on the testimony of two eyewitnesses who were paid for their testimony. No DNA evidence linked him to the crime. And the current St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney acknowledged that errors made by the trial prosecutors – including mishandling the murder weapon and intentionally excluding Black prospective jurors in violation of the Constitution – contributed to a wrongful conviction.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Missouri Governor Parson refused to grant clemency to Marcellus Williams.

The US government executed an innocent man today.

Marcellus Williams, who was also an imam, wrote this poem for Palestine:

[aria-i-adagio]

Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on September 24 for a crime DNA proves he did not commit. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney reviewed these DNA results and filed a motion to vacate Mr. Williams’s conviction because he believed the DNA results proved by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Williams did not commit this crime. Although the circuit court has not yet scheduled a hearing to address this motion–and no court has ever considered the new exculpatory evidence — the Missouri Supreme Court set an execution date for Mr. Williams.

Marcellus’ legal team, including lawyers from the Innocence Project and Midwest Innocence Project, said they “will continue to fight for Mr. Williams’ exoneration and seek a hearing on the prosecutor’s motion to vacate.

Learn more and add your name to the petition. (Use the link below, the link in the infographic isn't working yet.)

[jaybee2000]

The Innocence Project is asking for your help to prevent the unjust execution of someone for a crime that even detectives agree did not occur.

The death penalty is wrong and is about to be used, again, to end the life of an innocent person.

If you are too nervous to call sign the petition and spread the word.

[brandyllyn]

Marcellus Williams* was murdered by the state of Missouri this evening.

Williams was executed for a crime he most certainly did not commit. DNA evidence cast more than reasonable doubt, the jurors have since come forward to say that had they had current evidence they would not have convicted, and even the prosecutor has tried to have the case overturned. Yet all efforts through both the judicial system and seeking a pardon failed.

If you are the type of person to still believe in the death penalty, the question is not " do some people deserve killing" but rather "can the the state be trusted to administer death as a punishment for crime?"

*(I have seen some people report that he changed his name to Khaliifah Ibn Rayford Daniels, but not from any source I fully trust as of yet)

[kidwithahelmet]

An innocent father is scheduled to be executed on October 17th.

Please help the Innocence Project in their effort to stop his execution by signing the petition, calling Governor Abbott, and sharing this post.

[tieflingkisser]

SIGN: Stop the Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams, an Innocent Man

Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for a crime DNA proves he did not commit. The St. Louis County prosecuting attorney reviewed these DNA results and filed a motion to vacate Mr. Williams’ conviction because he believed the DNA results proved by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Williams did not commit this crime. Although the circuit court has not yet scheduled a hearing to address this motion — and no court has ever considered the new exculpatory evidence — the Missouri Supreme Court set an execution date for Mr. Williams.

DNA clears Marcellus Williams of murder. Why is Missouri hell-bent on killing him? | Opinion

It is so easy to schedule an execution for an innocent man on death row. And it is incredibly hard, under the law in place in so much of the United States, to reopen the case of a person who has shown powerful evidence of innocence. Even DNA evidence of innocence is no surefire ticket to freedom. The case of Marcellus Williams is a chilling reminder that decades into the era of modern post-conviction DNA testing, exonerations and innocence projects — an innocence revolution — some attorneys general and judges would rather execute the innocent than admit error. The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Sept. 24 execution date in Williams’ case. Yet, post-conviction DNA tests show that Williams did not commit the crime.

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Marcellus Williams’ case has the same flaws as the cases of those already exonerated by DNA. In 1998, a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter was stabbed to death in her home. Years later, independent labs performed DNA tests on the knife used as the murder weapon. The tests cleared Williams as the source of the male DNA found on that knife. And like in so many cases, the DNA test excluding the person highlighted how little evidence had been presented at Williams’ trial. The perpetrator had left other forensic evidence at the scene, including a bloody shoe print and hairs. Williams was excluded as the source of all those items. How could he even be convicted, much less sentenced to death in the first place? The only evidence of guilt came from two shady informants, who had been rewarded with promises of leniency and money, and who claimed at trial that Williams had confessed to them.

[bunnykitty13]

I would urge anyone who has time to spare today to check this out, as of writing this (3 pm CST on sep 24th, 2024) marcellus williams is set to be executed today for a crime he did not commit.

the gov of Missouri has denied the appeal to cancel his execution despite concerns for racial bias and DNA evidence disproving the validity of his conviction. please, keep calling/texting/emailing while there is still time! thank you

[itsyagergzero]

Sharing this because we only have 48 hours to save Marcellus Williams!

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Do the steps, it’s super easy and we NEED to stop his execution.

[hobiebrownsluver]

Please stop, a man is about to get wrongfully executed for a crime he didn't commit.

Robert Robertson is an autistic man on death row set on October 17th for a crime he never comitted. The entire case against him has been rooted in ableism, and Texas plans to murder him for it. He's been on death row for over twenty years.

Robert's two-year-old, chronically-ill daughter, Nikki, passed away in the hospital due to prior medical conditions after falling from her bed. Staff misjudged Robert's reaction to her death as "lacking emotion" when it was really a common autistic trait. He was not diagnosed for autism until 2018, well after the trial, in which his autistics traits were used to paint him as a cold and remorseless man, which was not clearly not the case.

The jury was told that Nikki was killed by shaken baby syndrome, and that there was sound proof behind that. That was a lie, many medics and scientists have confirmed that the evidence shows that she died from accidental and natural causes, and was not killed by her father. Therefore, the crime never happened.

Please do everything you can to save Robert, these are the following acts you could do to help his release:

Here are some sources linked to Robert's case by the Innocence Project:

Petition link and call:

More history on the case:

Scripts if you plan to make a video on your own/a post of your own:

Please use the tag #SaveRobertson on social media platforms to boost this case and save this man's life, thank you!