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More Calls for Missouri Clemency

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"House Majority Leader urges no execution on convicted killer," is Kermit Miller's report for KRCG.Missouri House Majority Leader Steven Tilley says Gov. Jay Nixon should commute the death sentence of convicted killer Dennis Skillicorn. The suggestion came during debate of legislation calling for a two-year moratorium on the death penalty. Dennis Skillicorn is one of three men convicted of the 1994 slaying of Excelsior Springs, Missouri businessman Richard Drummond, who stopped to help them when their car broke down on Interstate 70 in Callaway County. "According to some of the statements, the gentleman that is on death row stayed in the car,? said Rep. Bob Nance (R-Excelscior Springs.) ?But he was an accomplice. He has gotten what he deserved...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).