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Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old
A Missouri man convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago now faces execution in May. The Missouri Supreme Court this week set a May 19 execution date for Walter Barton, 64. He would be the first Missouri inmate put to death since Russell Bucklew was executed in October. The […]
Missouri executes killer despite concern about painful death
A Missouri inmate was executed this week for killing a man in 1996 in a string of violence that included several other crimes, despite concerns that the prisoner’s rare medical condition would cause a gruesome lethal injection. Russell Bucklew was put to death at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was Missouri’s first execution […]
Missouri executes killer despite concern about painful death
A Missouri inmate was executed this week for killing a man in 1996 in a string of violence that included several other crimes, despite concerns that the prisoner’s rare medical condition would cause a gruesome lethal injection. Russell Bucklew was put to death at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was Missouri’s first execution […]
Russell Bucklew execution date set for Oct. 1
The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for a Missouri man whose appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied in April. On June 25, the court issued an execution order for Russell Bucklew ordering him to be put to death within 24 hours of 6 p.m. October 1. Bucklew, 51, was convicted […]
Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue
The Supreme Court says Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row for a 1996 murder. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion for the court’s five conservative justices rejects […]
Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue
The Supreme Court says Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row for a 1996 murder. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion for the court’s five conservative justices rejects […]
Court to review Missouri inmate’s execution case
A Missouri death-row inmate with a rare condition will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court this week that the state’s lethal-injection method is unconstitutional as it applies to his circumstances. The case could result in a ruling that is narrowly tailored to address only his case — or so wide as to unload the burden […]
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