by Mike Lear | Apr 23, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The state of Missouri has carried out the execution of William Rousan, who was convicted of the murders of Grace and Charles Lewis in 1993. Following his execution early Wednesday morning, one of the Lewises’ children, Michael, read the following statement to...
by Mike Lear | Apr 23, 2014 | News
The state has carried out the execution of 57-year-old William Rousan, who was convicted of the 1993 murders of a rural southeast Missouri couple in 1993. He died by lethal injection at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center at Bonne Terre, not far...
by Mike Lear | Apr 23, 2014 | News
Attorney General Chris Koster has released a statement regarding the execution Wednesday morning of William Rousan for the 1993 murder of Grace Lewis. Koster writes, “William Rousan displayed an appalling indifference to human life in the murders of Charles and...
by Mike Lear | Apr 23, 2014 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has issued a statement regarding the execution of William Rousan for the 1993 murder of Grace Lewis. Nixon on Tuesday denied a request for clemency for Rousan. In his statement, Nixon says, “Our thoughts and prayers tonight are with the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 9, 2014 | News
The State Supreme Court has set an execution date for condemned inmate 45-year-old Russell Bucklew. He is sentenced to die by lethal injection May 21 at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Bucklew was sentenced to death for the...
