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Federal appeals court halts planned execution in Missouri

A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing

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Federal appeals court halts Missouri execution, leading state to appeal

A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing

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Civil rights groups seek halt to Missouri execution

The president of the national NAACP is urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to halt the execution of Raheem Taylor, who is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for the deaths of his girlfriend and her three children

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Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms

For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall

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Dad-of-two legally changes gender in bizarre bid to gain custody of daughters from wife

René Salinas Ramos, 47, who lives in Ecuador, says he decided to take the drastic measure because the justice system in the country typically favours the mother in custody battles

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First transgender inmate Amber McLaughlin executed in the US

The Missouri prisoner was put to death for a 2003 killing

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Amber McLaughlin becomes first transgender woman to be executed in US after 2003 murder conviction

The 49-year-old was on death row in a prison in Missouri for killing a former girlfriend in 2003 in St Louis

Evening Standard

Missouri carries out first US execution of a transgender person

Amber McLaughlin, convicted of murder, was executed by lethal injection after being denied clemency.

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Death row inmate put to death ate 'simple' fast food dish and snack as last meal

A transgender woman who was executed on Tuesday night was given a choice of last meal and 'spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser' as a lethal injection was administered

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First transgender death row inmate's final words as state defies execution protests

The first transgender person to be executed in the United States has given her final words before she was put to death by legal injection - despite controversy over her death sentence

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Missouri executes transgender inmate convicted of murdering ex-girlfriend in 2003

BONNE TERRE, Mo. — Missouri on Tuesday executed by lethal injection a transgender inmate who stabbed, strangled and raped an ex-girlfriend 19 years ago.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amber McLaughlin: Missouri carries out first execution of openly transgender inmate for 2003 murder

Killing marks one of few executions of women in US since 1970s

The Independent UK

Amber McLaughlin execution: First transgender woman put to death in the US

Amber McLaughlin was sentenced to death for the 2003 murder of ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther in St Louis, Missouri. She transitioned just three years ago

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Missouri set to carry out first execution of openly trans inmate with killing of Amber McLaughlin

Inmate’s lawyers argued problems with trial process in clemency petition

Reason

Amber McLaughlin's Jury Deadlocked—So the Judge Decided She Should Be Executed

Today's scheduled execution is getting attention because she's trans. But the bigger story here is how she was sentenced to die.

Evening Standard

Woman set to be first openly transgender person to be executed in US history

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by injection in the Midwestern state of Missouri on Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

The Independent UK

Transgender Missouri inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday

Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first involving a transgender woman

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Missouri set for first execution of transgender person in the US

Amber McLaughlin faces death by lethal injection on Tuesday, after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2006.

The Independent UK

US may execute its first openly transgender woman

Unless Missouri Gov Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

Tribune News Service

Where does Missouri get the drugs it uses to execute prisoners? The supplier is a secret

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time since 2015, Missouri has returned to executing multiple people on death row per year — two in 2022 and two scheduled so far for 2023 — but details about the process remain shrouded in secrecy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Members of Congress urge Missouri Gov. Parson to cancel woman's execution

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — U.S. Reps. Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver on Tuesday called on Gov. Mike Parson to stop Missouri's planned execution of Amber McLaughlin, set for Jan. 3.

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Pointing to ‘flaw’ in Missouri death penalty, judges ask to stop woman’s execution

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seven retired Missouri judges have urged Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Amber McLaughlin, arguing that the death penalty was handed down “via a flaw in Missouri’s capital sentencing scheme.”

Daily Mirror

Transgender woman to be executed despite suffering brain damage as a child

Amber McLaughlin, 49, who was convicted of killing and raping Beverly Guenther on November 20, 2003, in St. Louis County, Missouri, US, has begged to be spared from the death penalty

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