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| Supporters say Missouri man should not be executed |
| By ktar.com |
| Published: 04/14/2015 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The brother of a Missouri inmate facing execution says the killing that landed his sibling on death row was out of character, a sudden act of passion that doesn't merit a lethal injection as punishment. Andre Cole, who is scheduled to die Tuesday for fatally stabbing a man in 1998 in a fit of anger over having to pay child support, would be the third Missouri inmate executed this year. "It was a one-time thing," said Cole's brother, DeAngelo Cole, 38, of Las Vegas. "He didn't have a history of that kind of behavior." Three appeals are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, including one that claims executing the 52-year-old Cole would be unconstitutional because he is mentally ill. Meanwhile, members of a coalition that includes Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations on Monday urged Gov. Jay Nixon to halt the execution and appoint a board of inquiry to examine concerns that there is racial bias in Missouri's jury selection process. Cole, who is black, was convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury. Read More. |
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