by admin | Nov 3, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A date has been set for the next federal court hearing on the way Missouri executes prisoners. The federal appeals court will hear the challenge on January 10th. Federal Judge Fernando Gaitan says Missouri’s protocol does not guarantee the executed inmate feels...
by admin | Sep 13, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Corrections Department is evaluating the latest order from a federal judge that it change its execution protocol. But Judge Fernando Gaitan has dropped his demand that a board-certified anesthesiologist either mix the fatal chemicals or oversee the mixing of...
by admin | Aug 30, 2006 | News
The state has told a federal judge that its new execution protocol contains enough safeguard to make sure an inmate being executed does not feel unnecessary pain. Attorney General spokesman Scott Holste says attorneys for prison inmate Michael Taylor are trying to set...
by admin | Aug 5, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Legal manouvering over John E. Robinson and his potential execution could send the convicted serial killer from Missouri back to Kansas. Robinson, who was convicted of killing three women in Kansas and admitted to killing five women in Missouri before stuffing his...
by admin | Jul 26, 2006 | Crime / Courts
US District judge Fernando Gaitan says the state’s suggested new execution protocol is not good enough. Gaitan wants a state board-licensed anesthesiologist to be present to supervise executions. The state says it can’t find any anesthesiologists who would...
