Gov. Mike Parson would enrich his legacy by showing mercy to Christopher Collings
On Tuesday evening, the state of Missouri is scheduled to once again require state workers to kill a human being. Christopher ...
Woman who zipped boyfriend in suitcase, suffocating him, sentenced to life in prison
Sarah Boone, of Florida, told police the couple was drinking when Jorge Torres Jr. got in the suitcase. He suffocated to ...
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Missouri man convicted of strangling 9-year-old girl to death facing execution
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s governor on Monday denied clemency for Christopher Collings, a death row inmate facing ...
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Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month
Police said Christopher Collings confessed to killing Rowan Ford after raping her on Nov. 3, 2007. The murder took place in rural Stella, Missouri, in the far southwest corner of the state.
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Missouri man faces December execution even though another man confessed to the murder
Christopher Collings has two weeks to live unless the U.S. Supreme Court or the Missouri governor steps in to halt his execution. Attorneys for the 49-year-old said as 6 p.m. on Dec. 3 approaches ...
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Southwest Missouri man waits on appeal of death sentence
POTOSI, Mo. — Nine- year-old Rowan Ford trusted her stepfather’s friend, Christopher Collings. But in the dark of a November night in 2007, a quiet intruder careful to hide his face in the ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Missouri Convicted Murderer’s Death Row Case
The Missouri Catholic Conference, which advocates policy on behalf of the state’s bishops, had urged Catholics to contact the ...