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Missouri Executes Inmate, Third This Year
By kcur.org
Published: 03/26/2014

At 12:01 Wednesday morning, Missouri executed inmate Jeffrey Ferguson, marking the state's fifth in as many months.

Ferguson was put to death for the brutal murder and rape of a 17-year-old St. Charles County girl. The crime occurred in 1989, and the victim’s father, Jim Hall, said the punishment was long overdue.

“It’s been 25 years of pins and needles," Hall said. "Every time the appeal went up, you waited to find out what happened. That’s exactly where we’ve been. But last month, he had an [execution] date, and felt some of the fear that my daughter felt.”

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