Michael Tisius took his last breath Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was declared dead at 6:10 p.m. The 42-year-old was convicted in the killings of two Randolph County jail workers in a plot to break out an inmate. In 2000, he pulled a gun he was hiding...
Tuesday’s scheduled execution would be 16 days shy of 23 years since 42-year-old Michael Tisius killed two unarmed Randolph County jail workers. Gov. Mike Parson said he will not block the lethal injection planned for the man convicted of murdering Jason Acton and...
The U.S. Supreme Court will not stop Tuesday’s scheduled execution of Michael Tisius. The high court has denied the 42-year-old man’s request to block Missouri from putting him to death. The court’s decision follows a Kansas City Star story reporting an...
An anti-death penalty group wants Gov. Mike Parson to put a stop to the June 6 scheduled execution of Michael Tisius. Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will be at the state Capitol Tuesday to speak out against next month’s planned lethal injection of...
A man scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri is fighting for his life behind prison walls. Gov. Mike Parson’s spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, said the Governor’s Office has received a request from Michael Tisius asking the governor for mercy. Tisius,...
