by admin | Oct 25, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A federal appeals court has rejected the appeal of prison inmate Marlin Gray, who is scheduled for execution tonight. He’s already been to the U.S. Supreme Court once and has lost. The appeals court in St. Louis has refused to delay the case so another appeal...
by admin | Oct 24, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Executions usually evoke a lot of interest and outcry from those in favor of and against the death penalty. But the scheduled execution of Marlin Gray, just after midnight Wednesday morning, has prompted more than the average share of calls to the Governor’s...
by admin | Sep 26, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has set October 26th as the execution date for Marlin Gray for his role in the deaths of two people at the Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River in April of 1991. Gray and three other men confronted Julie Kerry, her sister Robin...
by admin | Aug 31, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s latest execution took place as scheduled… but not without some dramatics at the state prison in Bonne Terre. At 12:07 this morning the state executed Timothy Johnston of St. Louis for the beating and kicking death of his wife Nancy in June of...
by admin | Aug 30, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A three-judge panel of the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of execution for convicted killer Timothy Johnston, scheduled to die a minute after midnight at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Johnston faces execution for the kicking and beating death of...