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St. Louis City: Elissa Self 69 Joseph Paul Franklin: White 63 M November 20, 2013 St. Louis: Gerald Gordon 70 Allen L. Nicklasson: White 41 M December 11, 2013 Lafayette: Richard Drummond 71 Herbert L. Smulls Black 56 M January 29, 2014 St. Louis: Stephen Honickman 72 Michael Anthony Taylor: Black 47 M February 26, 2014 Jackson: Ann Marie ...
The East St. Louis massacre was a series of violent attacks between African Americans and white Americans in East St. Louis, Illinois, between late May and early July of 1917. These attacks also displaced 6,000 African Americans and led to the destruction of approximately $400,000 ($9.51 million in 2023) worth of property. [ 1 ]
When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, the judge decides the sentence. [4] The power of clemency belongs to the Governor of Missouri after receiving a non-binding advice from the Board of Probation and Parole. [5]
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The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.
Those convictions were out of Butler, Camden, Carter, Cole, Green, Jefferson, Phelps, St. Charles and St. Louis counties, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. One man faces a June ...
They believed Julie had fallen off the bridge while resisting his sexual advances, Robin had jumped in to save her, and both had drowned. Cummins was initially charged with murder but released due to lack of evidence. He later won a settlement from the St. Louis police department for wrongful interrogation techniques. [1]
Jones and Tiller were indicted for three counts of murder. On August 23, 1979, Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of murder. He was sentenced to death. [10] Prior to Tiller's trial, he filed a motion to have the murder charge relating to Stoltz's death severed since it was a separate offense.