by admin | Sep 22, 2005 | News
Walter Lee Donnell was relaxing in his small room that night as he had every night for a number of months. It was just past suppertime and still early evening. Walter Donnell’s room had bars on the door. It was located on death row at the state penitentiary. He...
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...
by admin | Aug 26, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A condemned state prisoner has been turned down in his request to stop his execution next week. A federal judge in St. Louis has denied Timothy Johnston’s motion to postpone the execution so hearings can be held on whether Missouri’s method of execution is...
by admin | Aug 16, 2005 | News
The Missouri Tiger football team held its first scrimmage of the year on Tuesday afternoon. While it certainly didn’t rival the intensity of a regular season football game, it was almost as long. The team began practice at around 8:15 and warmed up for 45 minutes. At...