by admin | Jul 25, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A federal appeals court says Joseph Franklin, described as a white supremacist serial killer, should not get a new murder trial because he represented himself in the first trial and waived all rights to appeal his conviction. Franklin was tried ten years ago for...
by admin | Jul 17, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A condemned prison inmate who does not want to die in prison apparently will, but not by lethal injection. Prisoner Brian Kinder has been under the death sentence for 15 years for raping a woman and beating her to death with a pipe in 19-90. He says his...
by admin | Jul 3, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Lawyers for condemned prison inmate Michael Taylor have asked the full federal appeals court to consider whether Missouri’s lethal injection method is constitutional. A three-judge panel of the 8th United States Court of Appeals in St. Louis court ruled a month...
by admin | Jun 27, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A man accused of killing his wife and three children near Chicago has decided to fight extradition to Illinois and will remain in Missouri until at least the end of July. Attorney David Waltrip represents Christopher Vaughn in the extradition proceedings filed to move...
by admin | Jun 17, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The lawyer for condemned prison inmate Michael Taylor says Attorney General Jay Nixon is acting prematurely by asking for a new execution date for Taylor. Taylor’s execution was stayed in the last hours 16 months ago. A federal appeals court panel has ruled a...
