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Group looks to prevent killer's death

Group looks to prevent killer's death ST. LOUIS | An anti-death penalty group is asking Gov. Matt Blunt to commute the death sentence for convicted killer Dennis Skillicorn.Skillicorn, of Kansas City, is scheduled to die by injection on Aug. 27 for the 1994 murder of Richard Drummond. It would be the first execution in Missouri in nearly three years as concerns have been raised about the state?s method of lethal injection.Skillicorn, now 49, and Allen Nicklasson, 36, were sentenced to death in 1996 for the ?Good Samaritan? killing of Drummond, of Excelsior Springs. A third defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to life in prison.Drummond, 47, stopped to help the three men when their car broke down near Kingdom City, Mo...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 16, 2008 (boomark / email).