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| Missouri execution canceled pending appeals court review |
| By heraldstandard.com |
| Published: 11/05/2015 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri suspended the execution Wednesday of a man convicted of killing three convenience store workers in 1994, saying courts didn't have time to quickly resolve questions raised in a last-minute ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Ernest Lee Johnson was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday, but it was put on hold when justices ordered the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider Johnson's claim that execution drugs would cause painful seizures because of his brain tumor. The state has 24 hours to carry out a lethal injection, and state officials believed the court order wouldn't be resolved by the 6 p.m. Wednesday deadline in Johnson's case, Missouri Attorney General's Office spokesman Nanci Gonder said. "Our expectation is that the 8th Circuit will proceed in the ordinary course of business," Gonder said in an email to The Associated Press. "Consequently, there will not be an execution before the warrant expires today." Read More. |
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