by admin | Aug 10, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Lawyers for prison inmate Timothy Johnston have asked the State Supreme Court to delay the convicted killer’s scheduled execution until the man’s federal lawsuit has been resolved. Johnston’s federal lawsuit says lethal injection would cause him to...
by admin | Aug 1, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has set an August 31st execution date for Timothy Johnston, who was sentenced to die for the beating death of his wife, Nancy. It happened the night of June 30th, 1989. Police responded to an emergency call to the couple’s St. Louis home...
by admin | Jul 12, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The Prosecuting Attorney in St. Louis has reopened the murder case of Larry Griffin, convicted of killing a man in a drive-by shooting in 1980. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports new information given the prosecutor indicates Missouri might have executed an innocent...
by admin | May 20, 2005 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
A state representative complains that an inmate’s family was mistreated during the first execution carried out at the Bonne Terre prison, a charge the state Corrections Director denies. Not all of inmate Donald Jones’ family were allowed to witness his...
by admin | May 19, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Last minute appeals gave convicted murderer Vernon Brown an extra two-and-a-half hours, which he spent strapped to a gurney just outside the death chamber at the Bonne Terre prison. Five minutes prior to the scheduled beginning of Brown’s execution, the Attorney...
