"Missouri readies for 4th execution in months," is the updated AP report, via the Colubia Missourian.
Missouri corrections officials say they will use a lethal drug provided by a new supplier in the state's fourth execution in four months.
Convicted killer Michael Taylor is scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Several court appeals have been filed seeking to spare his life, and Gov. Jay Nixon is weighing a clemency request.
Taylor's attorneys are questioning Missouri's use of the new, unnamed compounding pharmacy to provide the pentobarbital for his execution. They also allege that the state executes men before appeals are complete, and say Taylor's trial attorney was ineffective.
"Judge denies stay of execution for Michael Taylor, killer of KC teen Ann Harrison," is by Tony Rizzo for the Kansas City Star.
A federal judge on Monday denied four motions for a stay of execution filed by a convicted Kansas City killer who is scheduled to be put to death early Wednesday.
The motions filed on behalf of Michael Taylor raised four different issues that defense attorneys said merited a halt to the execution. Taylor is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for the 1989 kidnapping, rape and murder of 15-year-old Ann Harrison.
Attorneys for Taylor immediately filed notice Monday morning that they will appeal the rulings to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Later Monday afternoon, they filed a new request with the 8th Circuit for a stay of execution.
Taylor’s lawyers then filed another motion for a stay of execution with the Missouri Supreme Court. The attorneys said that stay request should be granted because Taylor has a pending motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider his case.
St. Louis Public Radio posts, "Despite New Pharmacy, Federal Judge Denies Stay Of Execution For Missouri Inmate," by Chris McDaniel. It's via KBIA-FM. There is audio at the link.
A federal judge has said Wednesday's execution may proceed.
District Judge Beth Phillips denied Missouri inmate Michael Taylor's requests for stays of execution early Monday morning. Her ruling has been appealed to a higher court.
"Teen's killer presses appeals as Missouri prepares his execution," is by Carey Gillam of Reuters.
Missouri officials on Tuesday were fending off a flurry of late appeals from convicted killer Michael Taylor as they prepared for his execution by lethal injection shortly after midnight.
Under the state protocol, 47-year-old Taylor will receive his last meal and be dressed in simple gray pants and a T-shirt and socks before being escorted to the death chamber.
The execution would mark Missouri's 72nd since 1976 and the second this year. State officials are under fire for executing other inmates before their last appeals are exhausted.
Additional coverage includes:
MissouriNet posts, "State hopes to execute Michael Taylor," by Bob Priddy. There is audio at the link.
"Judge Denies Stay of Execution in Missouri Lethal Injection," by Tracy Connor of NBC News.
"Federal judge denies Missouri death row inmate's appeal over drug," by UPI.
Earlier coverage from Missouri begins at the link.
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