by Mike Lear | Jul 8, 2014 | News
The Corrections Department asked the State Supreme Court not to ask it to carry out more than one execution per month. The Supreme Court has honored that request and changed its own rules to reflect it. A Corrections spokesman hasn’t acknowledged the request was...
by Mike Lear | Jul 1, 2014 | News
Carol Angelbeck has been waiting 15 years since her daughter’s killer was sentenced to death. Now she has learned her wait could end in a little more than a month. 24-year-old Mindy Griffin was found dead in her apartment on September 30, 1995, the victim of...
by Mike Lear | Jun 17, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn a stay of execution for condemned inmate John Winfield, who is scheduled to be executed just after midnight tonight. A federal judge issued the stay Friday based on arguments that...
by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The Attorney General’s Office has filed its response to the stay of execution issued for convicted inmate John Winfield, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. A federal judge on Thursday issued the stay citing concerns that Department of Corrections...
by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A federal judge has issued a stay in the execution of condemned inmate John Winfield, which is scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry cites concerns that Department of Corrections officials interfered with the clemency process....