by admin | Dec 5, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The stepfather of the child once known as Precious Doe will face the death penalty when he goes on trial. The Jackson County prosecutor says execution is appropriate for Harrell Johnson of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who’s accused of kicking 3-year old Erica Green in...
by admin | Oct 29, 2005 | Crime / Courts
This week’s execution of Marlin Gray for his role in the 1991 rape and murder of two women on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis leaves Reginald Clemons as the only member of the convicted gang of four whose sentence is yet to be carried out. The State...
by admin | Oct 26, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Marlin Gray, considered the ringleader in the murders of two young women in St.Louis in 1991, was executed early this morning at the state prison in Bonne Terre. In his last statement, Gray called his execution a “lynching.” Gray and three others were convicted of...
by admin | Oct 25, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A federal appeals court has rejected the appeal of prison inmate Marlin Gray, who is scheduled for execution tonight. He’s already been to the U.S. Supreme Court once and has lost. The appeals court in St. Louis has refused to delay the case so another appeal...
by admin | Oct 24, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Executions usually evoke a lot of interest and outcry from those in favor of and against the death penalty. But the scheduled execution of Marlin Gray, just after midnight Wednesday morning, has prompted more than the average share of calls to the Governor’s...
