Attorneys, advocates seek stay of execution for Missouri man
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoRaheem "Leonard" Taylor, inset, and the execution chamber at the state prison Bonne Terre, Missouri....
Missouri to execute Kevin Johnson despite daughter’s pleas and findings of racist conviction
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe state of Missouri plans to execute Kevin Johnson, 37, on Tuesday evening for the 2005 murder of...
Missouri inmate whose death sentence was overturned three times set to be executed today
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtests are being held around Missouri on Tuesday calling for a last-minute reprieve for death row...
Some states find signs that executions can be painful. Why Missouri can’t know for sure
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAlabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma conduct autopsies on prisoners who have been...
Leonard Taylor not allowed spiritual advisor at execution. Warden says he asked too late
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 10 months agoThe Missouri Department of Corrections said Leonard “Raheem” Taylor previously did not want a...
Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA Missouri man who shot and killed two jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an...
More Than A Third Of U.S. Executions This Year Were 'Botched,' Report Finds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMore than a third of executions in America this year were “botched,” according to a shocking new...
Curtains open, curtains close: Witnessing the execution of Michael Tisius in Missouri
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMichael Tisius was given the death penalty after killing two jail guards in June 2000. “I am sorry....
Editorial: Death penalty's retreat is excruciatingly slow
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe execution chamber at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem in 2011. As her term ended, Oregon...
Leonard Taylor’s lawyers say Missouri executed him before appeal ended, call for probe
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 10 months ago“With last night’s execution of Leonard Raheem Taylor by the state of Missouri, a constitutionally...