webfact Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Missouri executes man convicted of killing ex-girlfriend's lover By Brendan O'Brien Russell Bucklew is seen in a police mugshot released by the Missouri Department of Corrections on September 30, 2019. Missouri Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) - Missouri on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's lover more than 20 years ago, local media reported, after a court rejected his argument he faced cruel and unusual punishment because of a rare medical condition that would make lethal injection severely painful. Russell Bucklew, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m. CDT at the state's death chamber in Bonne Terre for the 1996 murder of Michael Sanders, shortly after he moved in with Bucklew's ex-girlfriend Stephanie Ray, CBS affiliate KFVS12 reported. The Missouri Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request for comment. KFVS news anchor Kathy Sweeney witnessed Bucklew's execution and said there were no complications. "His feet were twitching under the sheets, there was a sigh and then no more movement," Sweeney said in a broadcast. Bucklew said lethal injection might inflict undue pain by rupturing blood-filled tumors on his face, head, neck and throat caused by a rare congenital condition called cavernous hemangioma. He argued that would be in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against Bucklew in April. Bucklew was the first inmate in Missouri to be executed since January 2017 and the 17th inmate executed in the United States in 2019, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Missouri Governor Mike Parson denied Bucklew's request for clemency just a few hours before he was executed. He murdered Sanders just over a month after Ray broke up with him on Valentine's Day 1996. On March 20, after Ray and Sanders moved in together, Bucklew stole a car and two of his brother's pistols, handcuffs and a roll of duct tape. The next day, Bucklew went to the trailer where the couple lived and fatally shot Sanders. He also shot at Sanders' 6-year-old son but missed, according to court documents. Bucklew then handcuffed Ray, dragged her to the stolen vehicle and drove away. He later sexually assaulted her. When authorities found him, he wounded a police officer before they took him into custody, according to court papers. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago and Andrew Hay in New Mexico; Editing by Peter Cooney and Cynthia Osterman) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-02 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland32 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 He blames the guy, Goodbye Moron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: cavernous hemangioma. and he can finally for once in his existence be useful, by having students cut him up to gawk at signs of the above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Not a death penalty proponent by inclination but based on his crime and the apparent ease of his passing, contrary to his petitions, it is hard to get too exercised over this execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dogmatix said: Not a death penalty proponent by inclination but based on his crime and the apparent ease of his passing, contrary to his petitions, it is hard to get too exercised over this execution. who's to know he'd not earlier been primed with a Palliative Care injection? - the most common form of legalised euthenaesia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Good another one who can't join those murderers who've been released to kill again. Best way I know of to close a case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfu Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 This is logical output when prostitution is illegal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 3 hours ago, olfu said: This is logical output when prostitution is illegal. Are you saying if prostitution was made legal in the USA, the murder would not have happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Good riddance hope it hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geistfunke Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 The worst thing I find is double punishment. First he has to serve 20 years. After that he would be a free man in many countries of the world. But no, that is not enough in the USA. His act out of jealousy is then additionally punished with the death penalty. What crazy people who do such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Why does this take more than 20 years ? Taxpayers money wasted 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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