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ST. LOUIS — Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life. But it offers no guidance on how far the execution team can go to find a suitable vein, …
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 …
Bush said that her support from McLaughlin's case stems from her view that the death penalty is 'cruel, barbaric and inhumane' McLaughlin, now 49, was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to death by a judge Rep. Cori Bush says that 'crucial mental health' evidence was withheld from jury Amber McLaughlin killed and raped her female partner in 2003 in Missouri …
— The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri’s governor for mercy, citing mental health issues. “Amber has shown great courage in embracing who she is as a transgender woman in spite of the potential for people reacting with hate, so I admire her display of courage.” McLaughlin’s lawyers cited her traumatic childhood …
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