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...
by admin | Dec 1, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A public defender has argued before the State Supreme Court that a triple murderer should not face the death penalty in his trial in Camden County, because he was ruled mentally retarded in another county. Janet Thompson told the judges it makes no sense for Camden...
by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | Crime / Courts
State Supreme Court judges are weighing arguments about just how far prosecutors can go during the penalty phase of a murder trial. Assistant Public Defender Janet Thompson argued before the Court that emotion took over when the jury recommended Earl Forrest be put to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2005 | Crime / Courts
This week’s execution of Marlin Gray for his role in the 1991 rape and murder of two women on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis leaves Reginald Clemons as the only member of the convicted gang of four whose sentence is yet to be carried out. The State...
