— Four Missouri prison workers were fired after an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family is demanding to know what happened. Othel Moore died Dec. 8 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after cells in a housing unit were searched for weapons, drugs and other contraband, Missouri Department of Corrections spokesperson Karen Pojmann said in an email …
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses, was released Thursday from prison on parole. FILE - Gypsy Rose Blanchard speaks with her attorney’s Mike Stanfield, right, and Clate Baker before her …
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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