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Missouri Executes Man For 2002 Triple Murder
Earl Forrest, who killed three people including a sheriff’s deputy, had asked the Supreme Court to stop his execution on the grounds that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
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Missouri Didn’t Follow Audit, Eliminated Safeguard For Execution Cash Payments
Following a critical audit of the execution payment process, rather than begin complying with a key anti-fraud rule, the Department of Corrections simply eliminated it.
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Supreme Court Halts Execution Of Man With Claim Related To Brain Loss
Ernest Lee Johnson, who murdered three people in 1994, had asked the Supreme Court to stop his execution on Tuesday, saying Missouri’s lethal injection drugs put him at risk of having a seizure because of his brain tumor and defects.
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Missouri Executes Man For Raping And Killing 15-Year-Old Girl
Roderick Nunley was executed by lethal injection in Missouri Tuesday night. It was the state’s sixth execution this year, and the nation’s 20th.
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Missouri Executes Inmate Convicted Of Raping And Killing Teen
David Zink, a Missouri man convicted of raping 19-year-old Amanda Morton, tying her to a tree and then killing her, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday despite the last ditch efforts of his attorneys.
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Missouri Executes Man Who Killed His Girlfriend And Her 2-Year-Old Daughter
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in the execution of Richard Strong, who was convicted for the double murders in 2000. Gov. Jay Nixon denied a clemency petition for Strong.
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Missouri Executes Inmate Who Had Part Of His Brain Removed
Cecil Clayton’s attorneys said he was not competent for execution because he lost 20% of his frontal lobe after a sawmill accident in 1972.
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Missouri Executes Man For 1990 Murder Of His Neighbor
Walter Storey was executed Wednesday for the murder of a teacher. His attorney sought to stop the execution over concerns of Missouri’s lethal injection drugs.
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Paul Goodwin Executed In Missouri, After Supreme Court Denies Stay
Paul Goodwin was set to be executed at 12:01 a.m. CT Wednesday, but state officials held off on the execution while awaiting word from the Supreme Court and governor. Update: Goodwin was executed at 1:25 a.m. CT Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Halts Missouri Execution
The order stopping Mark Christeson’s execution came less than three hours before he was due to be executed Wednesday.
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Missouri Executes Earl Ringo After Split Supreme Court Refuses Stay Request
Update: Earl Ringo was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. CDT Wednesday. Neither the Supreme Court nor Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon stopped the scheduled execution.
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Missouri Puts To Death First Inmate Since Prolonged Arizona Execution
Updated: Michael Worthington was executed early Wednesday after U.S. Supreme Court denied his stay requests. Gov. Jay Nixon refused to grant clemency.
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Missouri Executes Man Early Wednesday After Courts Deny Stay Requests
John Winfield was the second prisoner to be executed in the U.S. in a two-hour period between Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Stops Missouri Execution
The case now goes back to a federal appeals court.
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Supreme Court Justice Stops Missouri Execution, Temporarily
The execution of Russell Bucklew, who killed his ex-girlfriend’s partner, was slated for early Wednesday, but Associate Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay on Tuesday evening to halt the execution.