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July 18, 2014

Missouri Executes Prisoner Despite Doubts over Guilt 
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Missouri has executed a prisoner convicted of three murders despite
doubts over his guilt and concerns he may have been mentally ill.
Attorneys for John Middleton said new evidence showed that one of the
murders took place when he was actually 40 miles away, in a jail in
Iowa. Earlier this week, a federal judge stayed Middleton's execution,
saying he met the standard for mental incapacity "showing that he is
incompetent to be executed." But an appeals court overturned the stay,
and Middleton died by lethal injection on Wednesday. His final statement
was, "You are killing an innocent man."

 

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