by admin | Sep 25, 2002 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has set an October 23rd execution date for William R. Jones, a Kansas City man convicted in the January, 1986 shooting death of a man with whom he had had a homosexual relationship. Stanley Albert’s body was found wrapped in a blanket in...
by admin | Sep 10, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A young death-row inmate hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on mental retardation helps his cause. But, the Attorney General doesn’t believe his case has anything to do with that ruling. Prisoner Christopher Simmons was to be executed this Spring for the...
by admin | Aug 23, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A review by lawyers in the Attorney General’s office concludes a US Supreme Court ruling greatly restricting judge-imposed death sentences does not apply to Missouri. In the Ring case, the US Supreme Court found unconstitutional Arizona’s practice of...
by admin | Aug 15, 2002 | Crime / Courts
The state carried out an execution against a convicted 35-year-old hit man last night. After a delay of about 22 hours, convicted contract killer David Basile died by lethal injection at 10:05 p.m. His execution had been delayed when a new alibi witness came forward....
by admin | Aug 14, 2002 | Crime / Courts
In the hours just prior to Daniel Basile’s execution, a previously unknown, possible alibi witness came forward, prompting Governor Hold to stay the execution. There is apparantly no mention of this person in police records or court actions to date. Governor...
