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July 16, 2014

Judge Stays Execution of Missouri Prisoner 
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A district court judge has stayed the execution of a Missouri prisoner
convicted of three murders. John Middleton was scheduled to die by
lethal injection just after midnight. But Judge Catherine Perry issued a
stay after ruling he meets the standard for mental incapacity "showing
that he is incompetent to be executed."

 

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