August execution date for man who killed St. Louis-area girl
1 year, 11 months ago

August execution date for man who killed St. Louis-area girl

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday set an execution date for a man who sexually assaulted and killed a 6-year-old St. Louis County girl in 2002. Michael Andrew Tisius is scheduled for execution June 6 for fatally shooting Randolph County jailers Jason Acton and Leon Egley in 2000. Johnson, 45, was staying with friends in Valley Park, Missouri, in July 2002 when Cassandra “Casey” Williamson was discovered missing.

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Florida executes man convicted of killing 8-year-old girl, her grandmother
1 week, 5 days ago

Florida executes man convicted of killing 8-year-old girl, her grandmother

India Today  

A Florida man convicted of murdering an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother in 1993 was executed Thursday evening after decades on death row. Prison officials confirmed that Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 pm following a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. The U.S. Supreme Court denied James’ final appeals earlier in the day, allowing …

Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
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1 week, 6 days ago

Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

Hindustan Times  

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs is set to be executed Thursday. Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother Edward James, 63, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at …

Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
1 week, 6 days ago

Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

Associated Press  

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. The U.S. Supreme Court denied James’ final appeals …

Oklahoma to execute a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home-invasion robbery
1 week, 6 days ago

Oklahoma to execute a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home-invasion robbery

Hindustan Times  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma prepared to execute a man on Thursday for fatally shooting a woman during a home-invasion robbery 20 years ago. Oklahoma to execute a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home-invasion robbery Wendell Grissom, 56, will receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester in Oklahoma’s first execution of …

Missouri executes Christopher Collings for 2007 assault and killing of 9-year-old
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Missouri executes Christopher Collings for 2007 assault and killing of 9-year-old

The Independent  

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Missouri man facing execution in the sexual assault and strangling of a 9-year-old girl
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Missouri man facing execution in the sexual assault and strangling of a 9-year-old girl

Deccan Chronicle  

ST. LOUIS : A Missouri man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening for sexually assaulting and strangling a 9-year-old girl whose body was thrown into a sinkhole. The child called Collings “Uncle Chris.” Collings told authorities that he drank heavily and smoked marijuana with Spears and another man in the hours before the attack on Rowan, according …

A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989
6 months ago

A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His lawyers argued that Texas’ top criminal appeals court …

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
6 months, 1 week ago

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor again rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare a death row inmate’s life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. “A …

Missouri executes man for 1998 murder of woman despite calls from victim's family to spare his life
6 months, 1 week ago

Missouri executes man for 1998 murder of woman despite calls from victim's family to spare his life

New Indian Express  

"No juror nor judge has ever found Williams' innocence claim to be credible," Parson said in a statement. "Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement. Parson and the state Supreme Court rejected his appeals in quick succession Monday, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene hours before he was put to …

"Missouri lynched another innocent Black man": Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutor's plea
6 months, 1 week ago

"Missouri lynched another innocent Black man": Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutor's plea

Salon  

The state of Missouri executed 55-year-old inmate Marcellus Williams on Tuesday night, despite calls from both the prosecutor's office and the victim's family to halt his execution. Related Missouri prepares to execute Marcellus Williams The decision by the high court's right-wing majority came after Missouri’s Supreme Court and Republican Gov. No jury nor court, including at the trial, appellate, and …

Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life
6 months, 1 week ago

Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

Associated Press  

— A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Last month, Gayle’s relatives gave their blessings to an agreement between the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney’s office and Williams’ attorneys to …

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week
6 months, 2 weeks ago

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week

Associated Press  

Executing a Black man in Missouri who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice,” the president of the NAACP said in a letter Wednesday calling on the governor to halt the execution planned for next week. None of the physical evidence has linked Williams to the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle, according to …

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

Associated Press  

— The Missouri Supreme Court blocked an agreement that would spare the life of a man on death row. The ruling late Wednesday came hours after St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton approved a plan allowing Williams to enter a new no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle. Robin Maher, executive director of the …

Missouri Death Row Inmate Agrees To New Plea In Deal That Calls For Life Sentence Without Parole
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Death Row Inmate Agrees To New Plea In Deal That Calls For Life Sentence Without Parole

Huff Post  

Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Clayton, Mo. — A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a revised …

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole

Associated Press  

— A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a revised sentence of life in prison without parole. The complicated turn of events happened on the day that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton was supposed to oversee a hearing requested by Prosecuting Attorney …

Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The case before St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton is on …

Former DC employee convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Former DC employee convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy

The Independent  

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Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free
8 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free

Associated Press  

— The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge had ordered Christopher Dunn, now 52, to be released by 6 p.m. CDT Wednesday and threatened the prison warden with contempt if Dunn remained imprisoned. St. …

Missouri execution plans move forward despite prosecutor trying to overturn murder conviction
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Missouri execution plans move forward despite prosecutor trying to overturn murder conviction

Associated Press  

— The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday ruled that execution plans for Marcellus Williams will move forward, even as a prosecutor works to overturn his 1998 murder conviction. Judges on Friday decided against halting Williams’ execution despite a St. Louis County court hearing set for Aug. 21 to determine whether he is innocent. Williams’ attorney Tricia Bushnell in a statement …

Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri judge on Tuesday set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just a little over a month before Williams is scheduled to die. In this instance, it isn’t certain St. Louis County Circuit Judge …

Oklahoma prepares to execute man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 7-year-old girl in 1984
9 months ago

Oklahoma prepares to execute man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 7-year-old girl in 1984

The Independent  

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Utah judge sets execution date in 1998 murder despite concerns over a new lethal injection cocktail
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah judge sets execution date in 1998 murder despite concerns over a new lethal injection cocktail

Associated Press  

A Utah judge on Monday set an August date for the execution of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of a 49-year-old woman, siding against defense attorneys concerned about a new lethal injection drug combination. It’s the first public execution in Utah since Ronnie Lee Gardner was killed by firing squad in 2010, according to Utah Department of Corrections …

Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Missouri Supreme Court on …

Convicted double murderer to be executed in Missouri
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Convicted double murderer to be executed in Missouri

Hindustan Times  

A Missouri man convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband is to be executed in Missouri on Tuesday, despite widespread calls for his life to be spared. HT Image Brian Dorsey, 52, is to be put to death by lethal injection at 6:00 pm Central Time for the 2006 murders of Sarah Bonnie, 25, and her husband Ben Bonnie, …

Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

Associated Press  

— A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed. After they went to bed, Dorsey took a shotgun from the garage and killed both of them before sexually assaulting Sarah Bonnie’s body, prosecutors said. Mike Parson denied a …

Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court

The Independent  

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Missouri to reduce risk of suffering if man requires surgical procedure at execution
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Missouri to reduce risk of suffering if man requires surgical procedure at execution

The Independent  

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Oklahoma set to execute death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith as he maintains his innocence for 2002 murders
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Oklahoma set to execute death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith as he maintains his innocence for 2002 murders

The Independent  

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Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of a man who killed 2 in 2006
1 year ago

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of a man who killed 2 in 2006

Associated Press  

The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to die next month for killing his cousin and her husband 18 years ago. Powell also wrote that the state Supreme Court previously turned aside Dorsey’s claim that his trial lawyer was ineffective, and he is barred from raising that claim again. “The …

A Missouri woman was killed in 1989. Three men are now charged in the crime
1 year, 1 month ago

A Missouri woman was killed in 1989. Three men are now charged in the crime

The Independent  

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Missouri prosecutor seeks to vacate murder conviction, the 2nd case challenged in 2 weeks
1 year, 1 month ago

Missouri prosecutor seeks to vacate murder conviction, the 2nd case challenged in 2 weeks

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri prosecutor on Wednesday filed a motion to vacate the conviction of a man imprisoned for more than three decades for the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy, the second time in two weeks that a St. Louis-area prosecutor has challenged a longstanding murder conviction. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore said in a news release …

Missouri prosecutor seeks to overturn the conviction of an inmate who has spent decades on death row
1 year, 2 months ago

Missouri prosecutor seeks to overturn the conviction of an inmate who has spent decades on death row

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that landed him on death row and very nearly cost him his life, and he is seeking to overturn Williams’ conviction. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell filed a court motion Friday to vacate the conviction of Williams, 55, who narrowly escaped …

Execution date set for Missouri man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006
1 year, 3 months ago

Execution date set for Missouri man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set an April execution date for Brian Dorsey, a central Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006. Dorsey, formerly of Jefferson City, was convicted of killing his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben, on Dec. 23, 2006, at their home near New Bloomfield. Prosecutors said …

Execution set for Florida man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in 1996
1 year, 7 months ago

Execution set for Florida man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in 1996

The Independent  

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Missouri man set to be executed for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002
1 year, 8 months ago

Missouri man set to be executed for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Johnny Johnson, 45, was convicted in the July, 26, …

Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory
1 year, 8 months ago

Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory

Associated Press  

— A man who abducted a 6-year-old Missouri girl and beat her to death at an abandoned factory two decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to block the execution over arguments he was mentally incompetent. “There is no moral victory in executing someone who believes Satan is killing him …

Federal appeals court halts Missouri execution, leading state to appeal
1 year, 8 months ago

Federal appeals court halts Missouri execution, leading state to appeal

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing the ruling. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday voted 2-1 to stop the execution of Johnny Johnson, who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection next Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne …

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt August execution of man convicted of killing child
1 year, 9 months ago

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt August execution of man convicted of killing child

The Independent  

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Missouri Executes Michael Tisius Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life
1 year, 9 months ago

Missouri Executes Michael Tisius Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life

Huff Post  

A self-portrait by Michael Tisius, based on an image of him as a child. I really tried to give as much as I could to as many as I could.” “Today marks another sad chapter of America’s perverse fascination with state-sanctioned homicide,” Tisius’ legal team wrote in a statement. The ABA president noted Tisius’ young age and “neurological deficits” at …

Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers

The Independent  

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Lawyer: Missouri executed man with appeal still pending
2 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer: Missouri executed man with appeal still pending

Associated Press  

The attorney for a man who was executed this week is calling for an investigation, accusing Missouri officials of moving ahead with the lethal injection while federal appeals were pending. Mike Parson denied clemency, saying evidence showed that “Taylor committed these atrocities and a jury found him guilty.” The Missouri Supreme Court declined to grant a stay on Monday, and …

Missouri man who killed 4 executed despite innocence claims
2 years, 1 month ago

Missouri man who killed 4 executed despite innocence claims

Associated Press  

— A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children was executed Tuesday despite his claims that he was in another state when the killings occurred. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, a Democrat, last week declined Taylor’s request for a hearing before a judge, stating the “facts are not there to support a …

Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution
2 years, 1 month ago

Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Missouri Gov. Johnson wrote that “evidence presented at trial does not support Mr. Taylor’s conviction.” Separately, nearly three dozen civil rights and religious groups asked St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to reconsider his decision not to ask a judge for a new hearing on Taylor’s claim that he was not even in Missouri when the …

Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing
2 years, 2 months ago

Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing

Associated Press  

— A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis. After they stopped dating, McLaughlin would show up …

Amber McLaughlin: Missouri set to carry out first execution of openly trans inmate with killing of
2 years, 2 months ago

Amber McLaughlin: Missouri set to carry out first execution of openly trans inmate with killing of

The Independent  

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Missouri carries out first US execution of a transgender person
2 years, 2 months ago

Missouri carries out first US execution of a transgender person

Al Jazeera  

Amber McLaughlin, convicted of murder, was executed by lethal injection after being denied clemency. A Missouri inmate was put to death on Tuesday for a 2003 killing in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender person in the United States. But McLaughlin’s sexual identity was “not the main focus” of the clemency request, her lawyer, Larry …

Transgender Missouri woman executed for fatal stabbing
2 years, 2 months ago

Transgender Missouri woman executed for fatal stabbing

LA Times  

A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis. After they stopped dating, McLaughlin would show up at the suburban …

Transgender woman’s scheduled execution would be US first
2 years, 2 months ago

Transgender woman’s scheduled execution would be US first

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003. The clemency request focuses on several issues, including McLaughlin’s traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard in her …

US may execute its first openly transgender woman
2 years, 3 months ago

US may execute its first openly transgender woman

The Independent  

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