Dec. 11
MISSOURI (impending execution):
Missouri still waiting word from Supreme Court on execution
Hours after Allen Nicklasson, the "Good Samaritan" killer, was scheduled to be
put to death in Missouri, the execution was still on hold Wednesday.
Nicklasson had been scheduled to die just after midnight, Missourinet.com
reported. The state appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to lift a
stay imposed Tuesday by a federal appeals court.
The Missouri Supreme Court's death warrant expires at 11:59 p.m. midnight, so
if the high court does not act, Nicklasson will live until the state court sets
another execution date is set.
Nicklasson and 2 other men were convicted of killing Richard Drummond, a
businessman who offered them help when their vehicle broke down on I-70 in
1994.
Dennis Skillicorn was put to death in 2009 for the killing. Tim DeGraffenreid,
who was 17 in 1994, is in prison.
Nicklasson has also been sentenced to life in prison in Arizona, where he and
Skillicorn killed a couple who offered to help them after they got stuck in the
desert.
Mike O'Connell, a Public Safety spokesman, said the prison in Bonne Terre is on
alert, waiting for information from the high court or the state attorney
general.
(source: United Press International)
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