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Concerns Raised Over Pending Missouri Executions
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to move ahead with two executions was questioned Thursday by some death penalty observers and opponents, in part over concern about Missouri’s...
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Gov. Nixon Postpones Execution Over Propofol Use
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Gov. Jay Nixon has postponed an execution scheduled for later this month. Allen Nicklasson was set to be killed on October 23 by way of lethal injection. However, controversy over...
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Mo. Looks at Other States’ Death Penalty Methods
ST. LOUIS (AP) – In deciding to not be the first in the nation to use the anesthetic propofol for capital punishment, Gov. Jay Nixon left Missouri with dwindling options as it seeks to execute two...
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Missouri Switches To New Execution Drug
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Department of Corrections said Tuesday it is switching to a new lethal injection drug, less than two weeks after the governor halted executions until it could find a...
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New Execution Date Set for Mo. Inmate Allen Nicklasson
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri execution postponed last month amid debate over the state’s choice of execution drug was rescheduled Friday for Dec. 11. The Missouri Supreme Court set the new date for the...
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Missouri Prepares For 2nd Executions In 3 Weeks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – After going nearly three years without an execution, Missouri is preparing for its second in three weeks. Allen Nicklasson, 41, is scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for...
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Federal Court Panel Stays Allen Nicklasson’s Execution
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A panel of federal judges stayed a Missouri man’s execution late Monday, a little more than a day before he was set to die. Allen Nicklasson, 41, had been scheduled to be put to...
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Missouri Attorney General Appeals Stay of Execution
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office has appealed the stay of execution for convicted killer Allen Nicklasson, calling the federal appeals court ruling “an abuse of...
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Nicklasson’s Execution Delayed
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The fate of Missouri death row inmate Allen Nicklasson is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, but even though Nicklasson was scheduled for execution at a minute after midnight...
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Missouri Executes Man In 1994 Good Samaritan Death
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri executed Allen Nicklasson on Wednesday night for killing a good Samaritan who stopped to help him and his friends after their car stalled on Interstate 70 in 1994. It...
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Efforts Continue to Spare condemned Missouri Inmate Herbert Smulls
By Jim Salter, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) – Attorneys for condemned inmate Herbert Smulls pressed on with concerns Monday about Missouri’s execution drug, even as the state prepares for its third...
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