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Death sentences for Taylor, Nunley upheld

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to overturn the death sentences of Michael A. Taylor and Roderick Nunley.

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Supreme Court upholds conviction, orders new sentencing in murder case

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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The state Supreme Court has upheld Gregory Bowman’s conviction in the 1977 killing of a 16-year-old girl but ordered a new sentencing.

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Committee considers death penalty review

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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A bill in the Missouri Legislature weighs in on death sentence proportionality.

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Martin Link executed

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Despite last-minute attempts to escape the death penalty, Martin Link was executed early this morning.

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Wrongful death suit filed over state execution

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of St. Louis, the police board and the circuit attorney's office over the 1995 execution of a man convicted of murder.

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Man’s death sentence changed to life in prison

Monday, January 11, 2010

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A man previously sentenced to death for a 2001 murder in Hannibal will instead get life in prison. The Hannibal Courier reported Friday that a judge agreed to give Travis E. Glass a life sentence without parole. The change in sentence was the result of a deal between Ralls County prosecutors and Glass’ public defenders [...]

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Man sentenced to death for 1977 killing

Friday, December 11, 2009

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A man convicted of killing a teenager more than 30 years ago is the newest member of Missouri’s death row. A St. Louis County jury convicted Gregory Bowman in October of the death of 16-year-old Velda Rumfelt in 1977. She was strangled with shoelaces. The key evidence linking Bowman to the killing was DNA in [...]

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High court awards new penalty-phase trial to convicted murderer

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled today that a convicted murderer facing the death penalty deserves a new penalty-phase trial due to attorney error. Mark Anthony Gill’s defense attorneys failed to examine computer evidence related to the murder victim, the court ruled. The victim’s computer contained sexually explicit videos and child porn. The evidence could have [...]

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8th Circuit upholds lethal injection in Missouri

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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A group of death row inmates failed to convince a federal appeals court the way Missouri carries out executions is unconstitutional. The prisoners alleged the lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment because of a substantial risk that it would be improperly administered by unqualified medical personnel. But the [...]

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Execution date sought for man in killing outside synagogue

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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A man convicted of a fatal shooting outside a St. Louis area synagogue more than 30 years ago is next on the attorney general’s list of people to put to death. The man also claimed responsibility for the shooting of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt. Attorney General Chris Koster today asked the Missouri Supreme Court [...]

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