In Texas, the mentally retarded African American, accused of killing an agent of the police, is executed

The US authorities were fulfilled by the death sentence, issued against the black American Marvin Wilson. Human rights activists asked him to save his life, as the convict suffers from a delay in mental development. However, Texas officials decided differently and executed Wilson as a killer of a police informant.

54-year-old Marvin Wilson was executed on Tuesday evening in the prison of the city of Khantsville. At 18:13 he made a deadly injection, and after 14 minutes doctors stated the death of the prisoner, reports wjla.com .

As follows from the materials of the scandalous case, 21-year-old Jerry Williams was killed in November 1992. According to eyewitnesses, he was beaten near the store in Bomont (130 kilometers east of Houston) Marvin Wilson and Andrew Lewis. After that, the police arrested the African American, and during a search in Wilson’s house, 24 grams of cocaine were found.

According to investigators, Marvin dealt with Jerry Williams, whom he considered a scammer who reported to the police about his purchase of drugs.

However, not everything is clear in this matter. Williams found the naked corpse only the day after beating on the side of the road. On the body of the murdered there were only socks. In addition to traces of beatings, two gunshot wounds were also visible on it - in the head and neck. Witnesses seemed to claim that they had heard the shot shortly after they saw the beating of a young man. However, it was not possible to answer the question of what and from which he shot at Williams failed.

We add that the American femid did not even have to look for the suspect. Marvin Wilson himself came to the police the day after the corpse was discovered, as he was supposed to be noted with officials. The fact is that the African American was under house arrest after a parole exit from prison. Marvin was twice convicted of robberies, and the second time he was sentenced to 20 years, of which he served four.

The recidivist Marvin Wilson turned out to be a very convenient accused not only for prosecutors with police officers, but also for the family of the second person involved - Andrew Lewis. At the trial, his wife claimed that Marvin allegedly admitted to her in the murder of Williams. Moreover, the witness of this scene, according to her, was Andrew Lewis and wife Marvin.

As a result, Andrew Lewis, the court sentenced to a life sentence, and Marvina Wilson to the death penalty.

Afro-American recidivist approached the role of a killer

Wilson’s lawyers until the last insisted that the death penalty could not be applied to their client, since, due to his mental abilities, he could not realize the severity of his deeds. However, the US Supreme Court rejected this argument and considered Marvin a rather smart for execution.

Meanwhile, the results of a psychological test carried out in 2004 were attached to a lawyer complaint. According to this document, Marvin Wilson's mind was only 61 units, although the lower threshold of the norm is the number 70.

For their part, prosecutors considered this test a fiction. According to them, subsequent examinations did not confirm the mental retardation of the convict.

The highest court supported the prosecutor’s office, and two hours after the deviation of the defense appeal, Marvin was executed. The execution from the next room was watched by three of his sisters and son. Before injection, Wilson smiled and nodded to his relatives. He said that he loved them and ordered his sisters to hug his mother tightly for him. “Take me to you, Jesus, our Lord!”, The convict added. Then Marvin reassured his crying son and assured his relatives that he would see them again.

The father of the killed with his two brothers and uncle also watched the execution. But Wilson did not pay any attention to them.

The head of the group of lawyers defending Marvin, Lee Kovaraski expressed a deep disappointment in connection with the final decision to execute his client. He considers "outrageous that the Texas authorities continue to use unscientific methods to assess the degree of sanity of convicts to execution."

In 2002, the US Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence cannot be applied to mentally ill citizens, but left the authorities of some states the right to independently determine the boundaries of this disease. As a result, in Texas came to the conclusion that Marvin Wilson, although he was mentally retarded, but did not suffer from deviations in the psyche, Interfax reports.

However, numerous human rights organizations opposed the execution of Marvin Wilson: in particular, the world -famous Amnesty International.