by [email protected] | Jan 10, 2011 | News
Missouri’s first execution in 20 months is scheduled this week. Richard Clay is to be executed early Wednesday morning at 12:01 a. m. Supporters have asked the governor for clemency.
by Jessica Machetta | Jan 4, 2011 | Crime / Courts
Richard Clay, 45, is set to be executed for his part in a murder-for-hire plot in Southeast Missouri 16 years ago. His attorney and his family say he’s innocent. Jennifer Herndon is a criminal defense attorney who has been fighting the courts for death-row...
by [email protected] | Dec 10, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The state supreme court has ordered the execution of prison inmate Richard Clay for January 12. Clay was convicted in 1995 of murdering the husband of his friend’s married girlfriend. Clay was convicted of shooting Randy Martindale of New Madrid four times with...
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 21, 2010 | Crime / Courts
Death-row inmate Roderick Nunley has been spared lethal injection on a Supreme Court decision at the eleventh hour, but the Attorney General says he’ll continue to pursue the case until justice is carried out. Roderick Nunley abducted, raped and stabbed...
by [email protected] | Oct 20, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The execution of prison inmate Roderick Nunley has been cancelled. The state supreme court has not withdrawn its execution warrant for Nunley, who was to be executed early this morning. But it is acknowledging that a federal judge’s stay of execution will hold....
