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Post by rayozz on May 19, 2014 22:12:50 GMT -6
The State Supreme Court has set an execution date for condemned inmate 45-year-old Russell Bucklew. He is sentenced to die by lethal injection May 21 at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Bucklew was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Michael Sanders, who he had assumed to be the new boyfriend of his ex girlfriend. Bucklew shot Sanders in front of Sanders’ 6-year-old son in a jealous rage, then held the gun to his ex’s head. When he saw Sanders’ son he shot at the boy, missing him. He then kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and raped her when she denied his advances. He was caught after a gunfight that left him and a Highway Patrolman wounded. Bucklew’s attorneys had argued to the Court that he suffers from malformed blood vessels that cause among other things, bleeding from his mouth and eyes, and could increase the risk of a painful or prolonged lethal injection. The state argued that doesn’t merit an indefinite delay in setting his execution date. The state is next scheduled to carry out the execution of William Rousan on April 23. Rousan was involved in the cattle theft, robbery and murder of a farm couple, Charles and Grace Lewis in rural Bonne Terre in 1993. www.missourinet.com
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Post by rayozz on May 19, 2014 22:23:17 GMT -6
This seems like a new avenue for lawsuits:
A man scheduled to be put to death in Missouri later this month filed suit Friday seeking to halt the execution.
According to the suit, Bucklew, 45, suffers from cavernous hemangioma. It is described in the suit as “a rare, dangerous and sometimes debilitating congenital condition that causes clumps of malformed blood vessels to grow in his head, neck and face, displacing healthy tissue.”
Doctors say that the condition creates a “significant risk” that the lethal injection drugs used by the state will not circulate properly, the suit alleges.
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Post by rayozz on May 20, 2014 19:57:49 GMT -6
The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals cited concerns about Russell Bucklew’s rare medical condition, which raised the risk of “unnecessary pain and suffering by the inmate.”
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Post by Californian on May 21, 2014 17:01:48 GMT -6
The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals cited concerns about Russell Bucklew’s rare medical condition, which raised the risk of “unnecessary pain and suffering by the inmate.” Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Missouri Inmate Russell Bucklew BY TRACY CONNOR The fate of a Missouri death-row inmate who says his execution should be scrapped because he has a birth defect will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Russell Bucklew was a couple of hours away from a lethal injection when Justice Samuel Alito temporarily halted the execution until his colleagues could weigh in. Bucklew's death warrant remains in effect until 12:01 a.m. Thursday, so if the Supreme Court removes the stay in that window, he could be executed. As the hours passed on Wednesday, he declined breakfast and lunch. His last meal, eaten Tuesday evening, was T-bone steak, baked potato, Caesar salad, apple pie with ice cream and a cola.
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Post by Californian on May 21, 2014 22:04:40 GMT -6
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Post by whitediamonds on May 22, 2014 11:03:52 GMT -6
But, there is growing support of assisted suicide to end suffering & illness.
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Post by starbux on May 30, 2014 16:11:45 GMT -6
Too bad we cant just get a rope or use a gun.
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