Who fu cking cares whether he maintained his innocence. What kind of a standard is that? He said I did lots of ****, but not that. Maybe he's telling the truth? The point is that it's wrong to put people to death. It's barbaric and doesn't belong in civilized society.

The only difference with Williams is that since he wrote those Pulitzer-nominated books, it was less impersonal when he was executed. He's certainly not a hero, and of course he can't be let out of jail. There's no "right" figure to protest. Capital punishment is wrong every time.