by admin | Nov 4, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The conviction and death sentence of an Indiana man for the double murder of two workers at a Columbia restaurant has been upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court. Earl Ringo Junior is under a death sentence for the 1998 killings. His appeals attorney says Ringo has a...
by admin | Oct 30, 2003 | News
A family is trying to put the pieces back together after the final chapter of a six-year ordeal that finally culminated in this week’s execution of a man who murdered two of its members. John Clayton Smith was executed Wednesday morning for the July, 1997,...
by admin | Oct 29, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A man who was sentenced to death for killing his former girlfriend and her stepfather has been executed. Forty-two-year-old John Clayton Smith had waived his remaining appeals. He had said in 2001 that he was ready to die for the 1997 deaths of Brandie Kearns and...
by admin | Oct 28, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The death sentences of three prison inmates have been commuted by the State Supreme Court to life in prison without parole. The Court notes federal court precedent in setting aside the penalties for Antonio Richardson, Keith Smith, and Andre Morrow. Earlier rulings...
by admin | Oct 16, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Serial killer John E. Robinson, already convicted of killing three women in Kansas and sentenced to death for his crimes, has pleaded builty to five more murders in Missouri. The plea avoids a trial on first degree murder charges and a possible death sentence in...
