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Skillicorn executed

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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The man whose name has sat atop nearly every anti-death penalty lawsuit filed in Missouri in the last few years is dead. According to media reports, Dennis Skillicorn, 49, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo. Skillicorn is the first inmate to be put to death in Missouri since [...]

U.S. Supreme Court denies Skillicorn motions

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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The highest court in the land had denied Dennis Skillicorn a review of his case. In orders issued in the final hours before Skillicorn is to be put to death at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo., the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in four cases Skillicorn had brought in federal court. The lawsuits [...]

Skillicorn denied clemency, last-ditch motion for stay

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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It looks like nothing will stop the state from executing death row inmate Dennis Skillicorn, but that doesn’t mean his lawyers aren’t trying. Late this afternoon, Gov. Jay Nixon announced that he decided to deny Skillicorn’s petition for clemency. “After more than a decade of legal challenges, both the conviction and the death sentence of [...]

Federal judge rejects Skillicorn’s preliminary injunction motion

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey today denied the motion for a preliminary injunction staying the execution of Dennis Skillicorn. Skillicorn, convicted for his part in the August 1994 murder of Richard Drummond in Lafayette County, has a limited opportunity to appeal Laughrey’s decision to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He is scheduled [...]

Skillicorn seeks another stay of execution

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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With his execution date just a week away, death row inmate Dennis Skillicorn today asked the Missouri Supreme Court once again to stay his execution. Skillicorn’s motion for a stay states that he and other death row inmates have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the decision by the state high court in February in [...]

Suit attacking Nixon’s clemency process dismissed

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Missouri death row inmate that claimed Gov. Jay Nixon can’t give him a fair clemency hearing. Dennis Skillicorn is facing the increasing likelihood of execution a week from Wednesday. He is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on May 20 for his part [...]

Skillicorn again denied stay of execution

Monday, May 11, 2009

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The third time was not a charm for death row inmate Dennis Skillicorn. The Missouri Supreme Court this morning denied a motion seeking to delay Skillicorn’s execution. Skillicorn is scheduled to be put to death on May 20 for his part in the August 1994 murder of Richard Drummond in Lafayette County. It is the [...]

Skillicorn’s lawyers try again to delay execution

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Lawyers for death row inmate Dennis Skillicorn filed more motions to the Missouri Supreme Court this morning in an attempt to delay his execution. (view the files below) Skillicorn is scheduled to be put to death on May 20 for his part in the August 1994 murder of Richard Drummond in Lafayette County. The lawyers filed [...]

Skillicorn still scheduled for execution

Monday, May 4, 2009

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The Missouri Supreme Court has denied two requests to stay the execution of Dennis Skillicorn. Skillicorn is scheduled to be put to death on May 20 for his part in the August 1994 murder of Richard Drummond in Lafayette County. Skillicorn’s lawyers had filed two requests for the Supreme Court to delay the execution. The [...]

Skillicorn files second motion for stay of execution

Monday, April 27, 2009

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Attorneys for a man sentenced to die next month are engaged in a war of words with the state. Dennis Skillicorn, who was convicted in March 1996 in Lafayette County of first-degree murder in the August 1994 death of Richard Drummond, is scheduled to face lethal injection on May 20. He filed a federal lawsuit [...]

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Skillicorn executed

U.S. Supreme Court denies Skillicorn motions

Skillicorn denied clemency, last-ditch motion for stay

Federal judge rejects Skillicorn’s preliminary injunction motion

Skillicorn seeks another stay of execution

Suit attacking Nixon’s clemency process dismissed

Skillicorn again denied stay of execution

Skillicorn’s lawyers try again to delay execution

Skillicorn still scheduled for execution

Skillicorn files second motion for stay of execution

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