Missouri carries out first US execution since pandemic began
Walter Barton, 64, was convicted in 2006 of the 1991 murder of Gladys Kuehler, an 81-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in Ozark, Missouri (AFP Photo/Jose ROMERO)/ Washington (AFP) - A death row inmate who maintained his innocence until the end was executed Tuesday night in the state of Missouri, the first execution in the United States after a two-and-a-half-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. Walter Barton, 64, was executed by lethal injection in the Bonne Terre prison. He was convicted in 2006 of the 1991 murder of ...
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