Skillicorn execution draws near

The clock is ticking toward Wednesday morning’s scheduled execution of condemned inmate Dennis Skillicorn, who is scheduled to die of lethal injection at the Bonne Terre Prison, for his role in the killing of Excelsior Springs businessman Richard Drummond near...

House debate turns emotional on death penalty study

Heartfelt, emotional debate precedes approval in the House of studying Missouri’s use of the death penalty, though the body rejects a moratorium on executions. Talk about the death penalty becomes more urgent with Dennis Skillicorn scheduled to die May 20th and...

Skillicorn loses stay of execution motion

  The state supreme court has overruled two motions to stay the execution of Dennis Skillicorn on May 20th. Skillicorn and another man murdered a good Samaritan who stopped to help them near Kingdom City when their car broke down in 1994 Accomplice Allen...