Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Missouri Execution

Not a fan of the death penalty here.

Kansascity.com: Missouri executes Skillicorn for 1994 murder
...corrections officials this time paused after the first injection to ensure that Skillicorn was in fact unconscious. The fatal second and third injections were then administered.

Outside the prison, about 70 protesters gathered in opposition to the death penalty. One man — reportedly a Catholic priest from Illinois — was arrested after crossing onto prison property.

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