Shadee Elmasry – Why Did Allah Let Marcellus Khalifa Williams Get Executed

Shadee Elmasry
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The Innocence Project is a group of organizations that use DNA evidence to prove murderers are innocent. The Innocence Project is alluding to the fact that there is too much uncertainty in the case to allow Mr. Williams to be executed, particularly when the victim's family believes life is the appropriate
or criminal act. The jury is comprised of a number of black individuals, and the trial is a function of the victim's family's deeds.
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This is a really sad cover of the

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Innocence Project this morning, at least the Marcellus

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Williams case where time left till execution 0000.

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The Innocence Project uses DNA evidence to prove

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objectively that murderers on death throw are innocent.

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The Innocence Project is one of the best

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organizations to do this because of the objectivity

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that they use as evidence.

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They have a page here on our brother

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who passed away as a Muslim, Marcellus Williams

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was scheduled for September 24th, there is no

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reliable evidence proving that he committed the crime

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for which he was sentenced to death.

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The state destroyed or corrupted the evidence that

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could conclusively prove his innocence as well as

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the available DNA and other forensic crime scene

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evidence.

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It doesn't match him, says the Innocence Project.

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This regards a 1988 murder of a woman.

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There is far too much uncertainty in this

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case to allow Mr. Williams to be executed,

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particularly when the victim's family believes life without

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parole is the appropriate sentence.

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Clearly, the Innocence Project is alluding to the

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fact that that isn't even right.

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Because if it's that speculative, no it's not

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even speculative, evidence has been destroyed, you have

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a mistrial, you have no case.

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In fact, the destroyers of the evidence should

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be taken to trial, tampering.

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All right, let's take a look at the

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jury.

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Jury of 12 people, black man accused of

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killing a white woman.

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His jury was comprised of how many white

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people?

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What would you say, 6, 5, 7, 8,

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11, 11 out of 12.

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The prosecutor whose institutional practice of racial discriminatory

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justice, jury selection, racially discriminatory jury selection has

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been widely documented.

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Successfully, he removed 6 of 7 qualified black

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jurors with preemptory challenges.

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A recent study of 400 death eligible cases

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in St. Louis over 27 years revealed racial

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disparity in the use of the death penalty

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based upon the race of the victim.

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People who were convicted were 3.5 times

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more likely to receive the death penalty if

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the victim was white, as in this case,

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compared to if the victim was black.

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During his 23 years in jail, in prison,

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Mr. Williams devoted much of his time studying

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Islam and writing poetry.

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He serves as the Imam for Muslim prisoners

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at Potosi Correctional Center and is known as

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the Khalifa, meaning the leader in Arabic.

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So his Arabic Muslim name is Khalifa.

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He has an exemplary prison record, widely respected

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within the prison community and beyond.

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And again, this is an old article, it's

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a week old.

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His final statement, all praise be to Allah

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in every situation.

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Look, why does these things happen from our

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standpoint?

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Allah wants a level for somebody that they

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cannot achieve with their own actions.

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That's simply how we understand these things.

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How can an innocent man be put to

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jail?

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First of all, Allah does not value this

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dunya the way we do.

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That's one thing.

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The only scorecard that Allah cares for is

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our akhira.

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What is our day of judgment looking like?

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What is our heaven and * looking like?

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For Allah Ta'ala, nothing matters except that.

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So in order to get you in a

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greater level than you would have ever attained

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by your deeds, this is what it takes,

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then this is what Allah Ta'ala does.

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And hence the greats have suffered, many greats

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have suffered.

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Prophet Yahya was beheaded, and he's a prophet.

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He was beheaded.

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Subhanallah.

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He faced execution three times.

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He got a reprieve in 2015 and 2017.

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All his last ditch efforts were futile.

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Parson, he's the guy, he's the governor who's

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just after him.

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I don't know what is he, what does

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he gain from this?

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What do they gain from executions?

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For a lot of these things, it's functionally,

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it makes no difference whether he's alive in

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prison or whether he is dead.

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He's the same minimized threat that he otherwise

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would be.

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But you've got voters out there who are

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eager to see a black man killed and

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add that he's a Muslim now.

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That's awesome, right?

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Like for a lot of these people, that's

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what they get excited about.

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We get to kill a black Muslim.

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100%.

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And so Parson, he just won his next

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election.

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This was a very smart political strategy.

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And look, if you're callous about human life

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and you don't care about people, then yeah,

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this is an easy price to pay for

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you.

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Okay, yeah.

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Killed one more guy.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Subhanallah.

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Political.

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Is it in a, what's the governor's, when

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is that cycle?

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I'll see right now.

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Missouri.

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Terrible situation there, but Allah give him Jannah.

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That's all we can say.

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Allah give him Jannah.

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2024.

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Okay.

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It's election season for the guy.

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That's it?

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There's your example.

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It's election season for the guy, for Parson.

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Well, this stuff happens for a reason.

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And Allah wanted for him something else, something

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better than this dunya.

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And that if he was made innocent and

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released, he would not have attained this.

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But it's all over.

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Every news outlet has something on it.

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And every news outlet shows how shady, how

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corrupt the whole case has been.

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Subhanallah.

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