by admin | Oct 2, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has lifted the death sentences against a Columbia man accused of three murders. The court rules that DeAndra Buchanan should not be under a death sentence because a jury did not recommend execution. The court says a judge cannot sentence...
by admin | Aug 26, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Missouri inmate Christopher Simmons no longer is under a death sentence. The State Supreme Court has lifted Simmons’ death sentence and sentenced him to life in prison. The Court has ruled that since Simmons was 17 when he killed Shirley Crook in 1993, executing...
by admin | May 5, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A group against capital punishment sees the exoneration of Joseph Amrine, the man who waited on Missouri’s death row for nearly 18 years, as a victory. The State Supreme Court ruled Amrine innocent of a murder committed in October 1985 for which he had received...
by admin | May 2, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A man who waited on Missouri’s death row for nearly 18 years has a unique perspective on the death penalty. After years of appeals, the State Supreme Court finally agreed this week with Joseph Amrine’s contention that he did not kill Gary Barber in October...
by admin | Apr 22, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court is sparing a convicted killer the death penalty, at least for a while. Ernest Lee Johnson used a hammer, a screwdriver, and a gun to beat and kill three employees of a Columbia convenience store in 1994. A jury found him guilty of three counts...
