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| Former Illinois death row inmate could face execution in Missouri |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/03/2005 |
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Thomas Umphrey was spared the death penalty for killing a woman in Illinois. Now, he could go back to death row -- this time in Missouri -- if convicted of killing his boss in St. Louis. Umphrey got a death sentence for a 1998 murder in Springfield (Illinois). In January 2003, however, outgoing Governor George Ryan reduced that to life in prison when he commuted the sentences of all Illinois' death row inmates. Prosecutors in Missouri contend that Umphrey killed his boss at a foam rubber plant in St. Louis, just six days before the killing in Illinois. He's now been moved from an Illinois prison to St. Louis and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Assistant prosecutor Rachel Smith confirms Missouri officials will seek the death penalty. |
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