13-05-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com

Missouri moving ahead with execution plans

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is moving ahead with plans to execute a man next week, despite new concerns about key evidence that led to his conviction, and despite concerns about the coronavirus that prompted other states to postpone lethal injections.Walter Barton, 64, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing 81-year-old trailer park operator Gladys Kuehler in 1991.Three jurors involved in Barton's 2006 trial now express misgivings, based on new blood spatter evidence, Barton
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