Controversy Surrounds Missouri Execution of Man Involved in Failed Escape Plot
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Michael Tisius is set to be executed in Missouri for killing two jailers during a failed escape plot in 2000. His lawyers have appealed to the US Supreme Court to block the execution, alleging that a juror at a sentencing hearing was illiterate. Tisius was 19 at the time of the killings, and his advocates have argued that he was neglected as a child and homeless by his early teens. The execution would be the 12th in the US this year and the third in Missouri.
- Missouri man to be executed for killing two jailers in failed escape plot The Guardian US
- Missouri Governor Says Execution Will Proceed After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence The New York Times
- Missouri Wants To Execute Michael Tisius Tuesday Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life Yahoo News
- Editorial: A miscarriage of justice in the making St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Missouri man set to be executed for killing 2 unarmed jail guards in failed effort to help an inmate escape CBS News
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