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Eighth Circuit Denies Stay of Execution Pending Appeal Over Execution Drug

On October 30, 2015, the Eighth Circuit court of appeals denied Missouri death row prisoner Ernest Johnson a stay pending appeal of his challenge to the type of drug being used to execute prisoners in Missouri.

Johnson underwent craniotomy surgery in 2008 to remove a brain tumor. A portion of ...

 

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