by admin | Jan 20, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A federal judge has blocked the February 1st scheduled execution of Michael Taylor until evidence can be heard challenging lethal injection as a method of execution. Lawyers for Taylor say the three-drug injection system is not necessary to kill an inmate and creates...
by admin | Jan 10, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A Missouri Supreme Court ruling affects the murder trial from another county. Alis Ben Johns, the convicted murderer who took law enforcement on a months long chase through the Ozarks, will not face the death penalty in his trial in Camden County. The State Supreme...
by admin | Jan 3, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has set a February 1st execution date for Michael Taylor, who was sentenced to die for the March 1989 rape and murder of 15-year-old Ann Harrison of Kansas City. Taylor and co-defendant Roderick Nunley, who had been using drugs, stole a car....
by admin | Dec 14, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A State Highway Patrol technician reviewing DNA evidence used to put a man under a death sentence 13 years ago says he cannot find any DNA that links him to the crime. Inmate Brian Kinder and his attorney say the DNA evidence used in his trial was altered or poorly...
by admin | Dec 5, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The stepfather of the child once known as Precious Doe will face the death penalty when he goes on trial. The Jackson County prosecutor says execution is appropriate for Harrell Johnson of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who’s accused of kicking 3-year old Erica Green in...