US Supreme Court won’t revive law targeting federal gun curbs
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a Missouri law that bars state and local officials from enforcing certain federal gun restrictions that the Republican-crafted law had claimed to nullify for violating firearms rights protected by the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration, the […]
In the US state of Missouri, Catholic bishops urge leaders to end executions
AP Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer of three was executed despite a request for clemency from the Pope. Ernest Johnson was executed Tuesday evening, the first Missouri execution in 16 months and the seventh in the […]
In the US, Missouri Governor denies clemency to death row inmate
AP Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Monday declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson, despite requests for mercy from the Pope, two federal lawmakers and thousands of petition signers. Johnson, 61, was convicted of killing three convenience store workers during a closing-time robbery in 1994. He is scheduled to die by injection […]