by Mike Lear | Jun 18, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
Missouri has carried out the execution of 46-year-old John Winfield for the murders of two women in St. Louis County 18 years ago. Winfield received a lethal injection of pentobarbital at 12:01 Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead at 12:10. Winfield appeared to...
by Mike Lear | Jun 17, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn a stay of execution for condemned inmate John Winfield, who is scheduled to be executed just after midnight tonight. A federal judge issued the stay Friday based on arguments that...
by Mike Lear | Jun 16, 2014 | News
Attorneys for convicted murderer John Winfield have asked U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito to issue a stay in Winfield’s execution, scheduled for early Wednesday morning at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center at Bonne...
by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The Attorney General’s Office has filed its response to the stay of execution issued for convicted inmate John Winfield, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. A federal judge on Thursday issued the stay citing concerns that Department of Corrections...
by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A federal judge has issued a stay in the execution of condemned inmate John Winfield, which is scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry cites concerns that Department of Corrections officials interfered with the clemency process....
