by admin | Jun 16, 2009 | Crime / Courts
An organized telephone campaign to convince Governor Nixon to keep Reginald Clemons from being executed has produced dozens of calls to the Governor’s office. A federal court has a stay of execution in place. It could be lifted at any time. Until the stay was...
by admin | May 21, 2009 | Crime / Courts
This week’s lethal injection execution of convicted murderer Dennis Skillicorn at the prison in Bonne Terre could open the gates to many more executions in the coming months. That’s the view of Attorney General Chris Koster , who says Wednesday...
by admin | May 20, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Murderer Dennis Skillicorn went to his death this morning with an apology and with faith. In his final statement, Skillicorn said he had lived every day for the last 15 years with remorse for his murder of Richard Drummond, who had stopped to offer a ride to...
by admin | May 19, 2009 | Crime / Courts
It appears as though the scheduled lethal injection execution of Dennis Skillicorn might go off as scheduled, just after midnight at the prison in Bonne Terre. Governor Jay Nixon’s Office has released a statement saying the Governor has denied the convicted...
by admin | May 18, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Prison officials at Bonne Terre have been getting ready for Missouri’s first execution since October of 2005. Dennis Skillicorn is to become Missouri’s first prisoner executed in three-and-a-half years at one minute past midnight tomorrow morning....
