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2006 New Bloomfield Murders
On December 23, 2006, in New Bloomfield, Missouri, 25-year-old Sarah Ann Bonnie (née Mosier; March 28, 1981 – December 23, 2006) and her 28-year-old husband Benjamin Wade Bonnie (alias Ben Bonnie; October 29, 1978 – December 23, 2006) were both shot and murdered by her 34-year-old cousin Brian Joseph Dorsey (March 21, 1972 – April 9, 2024), whom they hid at her house to help him evade the drug dealers who were searching for him to collect their debts. After surrendering himself to the police, Dorsey was found guilty of the double murder and sentenced to death in 2008. After losing his appeals and clemency plea, Dorsey was executed on April 9, 2024, 18 years after the murders. Murders On December 23, 2006, a young couple living in a neighbourhood in New Bloomfield, Missouri, were brutally murdered by a relative inside their house. On that day itself, both Sarah and Benjamin Bonnie, aged 25 and 28 respectively, received a call from Sarah's cousin, 34-year-old Brian Joseph Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 United States census, ranking as the List of cities in Missouri, 16th most populous city in the state, but the 9th least populous U.S. state capital. It is also the county seat of Cole County, Missouri, Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-most-populous metropolitan area in Mid-Missouri and the fifth-most populous in the state. It forms part of the nine-county Columbia, Missouri, Columbia–Jefferson City–Moberly, Missouri, Moberly combined statistical area, which has 415,747 residents. Most of the city is located within Cole County, with a small northern section extending into adjacent Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway County. Jefferson City is named for Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the third President of the United States, 1801–1809, and earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bailey (politician)
Andrew Bailey is an American attorney and politician. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he has served as Missouri Attorney General since he was appointed by Governor Mike Parson in January 2023. During his tenure as attorney general, Bailey adopted hardline conservative positions. He has refused to release prisoners after overturned convictions, attempted unsuccessfully to restrict Transgender health care, gender-affirming care, battled initiatives that restored access to abortion in Missouri, and staunchly defended Donald Trump over his legal problems. Early life and education Bailey grew up in Columbia, Missouri and Gluckstadt, Mississippi. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Missouri while on an Army ROTC scholarship. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he was deployed to Iraq during the Iraq War.Kacen BaylessMissouri's unelected AG has taken aggressive steps to expand power. Has he gone too far? ''Kansas City St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Casey Williamson
On July 26, 2002, 6-year-old Cassandra "Casey" Lynn Williamson (born November 23, 1995), disappeared from her hometown of Valley Park, Missouri. After an extensive search, her body was found at an abandoned glass factory. Subsequently, investigations led to the arrest of Johnny Allen Johnson (March 16, 1978 - August 1, 2023), who was a family acquaintance. Johnson, who confessed to murdering the girl while he attempted to rape her, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005. Despite his claims of mental illness, which were all rejected by the courts, Johnson was eventually executed on August 1, 2023. Disappearance and murder On July 26, 2002, at Valley Park in St. Louis County, Missouri, a 6-year-old girl was abducted from her home by a family acquaintance. Cassandra "Casey" Williamson was last seen before 7am at the kitchen by her father Ernie Williamson, who noticed her missing after he came back from the bathroom. At the time of Williamson's disappearance, Ernie was separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Executed In The United States In 2024
Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2024, three by nitrogen hypoxia and twenty-two by lethal injection. The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. Three states saw their first executions in over a decade. Utah saw its first execution since 2010 in August. South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September. Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December. September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span since July 2003. List of people executed in the United States in 2024 Demographics Executions in recent years See also * List of death row inmates in the United States * List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976 * List of most recent executions by jurisdiction * List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present * List of people scheduled to be ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Executed In Missouri
This is a list of people executed in Missouri following the 1976 Supreme Court decision in ''Gregg v. Georgia'' that allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. List of people executed in Missouri since 1976 Since 1989, a total of 101 people were executed by the State of Missouri. All were convicted of first-degree murder and all were executed by lethal injection, although Gas chamber, lethal gas remains a legal method of execution. Before April 1989, all executions were carried out at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Between April 1989 and March 2005, executions were carried out at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri, Mineral Point. Since April 2005, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, Bonne Terre. A condemned inmate and convicted double killer from Missouri, Lewis Eugene Gilbert, was exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Punishment In Alabama
Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its courts impose more death sentences than Texas, a state that has a population five times as large. However, Texas has a higher rate of executions both in absolute terms and per capita. Legal process When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and at least 10 jurors must concur. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a retrial happens before another jury. In 2023, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that, when a condemned person appeals, the appellate court does not have to actively look for errors in the original judgment and only has to consider constitutional violations if the objection was already raised at trial. Previously, through 2022, appellate courts had been required to search for errors in the original judgment and to consider any constitutional violations that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Ray Mills
On June 24, 2004, 87-year-old Floyd Hill and his 72-year-old wife Vera Hill were both attacked and murdered in Guin, Alabama, United States, by an intruder who bludgeoned them severely before stealing $140 and prescription drugs from the couple. Floyd was mortally wounded and died on the scene; Vera survived until September 12, 2004, when she died of complications resulting from her injuries. The Hills' 30-year-old neighbour, Jamie Ray Mills, was arrested and charged with murdering the couple. Mills was found guilty of the double murder and sentenced to death in 2007, while Mills's wife was similarly convicted of murder but jailed for life. Jamie Mills remained on death row for about 17 years before he was executed on May 30, 2024. Double murder At the time of the murder, the Hills were both present at home when they were approached by Jamie Ray Mills, who was accompanied by his wife JoAnn Mills. Jamie and JoAnn Mills had just completed an overnight drug use session, in which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Meal
A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal will be. Contemporary restrictions in the United States Contrary to the common belief that all last meal requests, regardless of their complexity, must be fulfilled, various restrictions are in place over what can be requested. In the United States, most states give the meal a day or two before the actual execution and now use the euphemism "special meal". Alcohol and tobacco are usually, but not always, denied. Unorthodox or unavailable requests are replaced with similar substitutes. Some states place tight restrictions. Sometimes, a prisoner asks to share the last meal with another inmate (as Francis Crowley did with John Resko in 1932) or has the meal distributed among other inmates (as requested by Raymond Fernandez in 1951). In Florida, the food for the last meal must be purchased locally and the cost is limited to $ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentobarbital
Pentobarbital (US) or pentobarbitone (British and Australian) is a short-acting barbiturate typically used as a sedative, a preanesthetic, and to control convulsions in emergencies. It can also be used for short-term treatment of insomnia but has been largely replaced by the benzodiazepine family of drugs. In high doses, pentobarbital causes death by respiratory arrest. It is used for veterinary euthanasia and is used by some US states and the United States federal government for executions of convicted criminals by lethal injection. In some countries and states, it is also used for physician-assisted suicide. Pentobarbital was widely abused beginning in the late 1930s and sometimes known as "yellow jackets" due to the yellow color of Nembutal-branded capsules. Pentobarbital was developed by Ernest H. Volwiler and at Abbott Laboratories in 1930. Uses Medical Typical applications for pentobarbital are sedative, short term hypnotic, preanesthetic, insomnia treatment, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Reception, Diagnostic And Correctional Center
The Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC) is a 2,684-bed prison located in a detached eastern section of Bonne Terre, Missouri, Bonne Terre, Missouri. It is home to adult males who are awaiting Beds at other facilities, Is a Medical Flat camp, also houses Inmates serving Life Sentences and where Death Row Inmates receive Lethal Injection. The ERDCC serves as the point of admission for male offenders committed by the courts in eastern Missouri to the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC), responsible for their classification through medical and mental tests. ERDCC houses the State of Missouri execution chamber. Programs at this facility include restorative justice, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous, Impact on Crime, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Seven points of highly successful people, and Storylink. It operates a cooked and chilled food facility, a unit that prepares and transports all regular and special diet meals to the Poto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lethal Injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium) for the express purpose of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include euthanasia and other forms of suicide. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stops their breathing, and causes a heart arrhythmia, in that order. First developed in the United States, the method has become a legal means of execution in Mainland China, Thailand (since 2003), Guatemala, Taiwan, the Maldives, Nigeria, and Vietnam, though Guatemala abolished the death penalty for civilian cases in 2017 and has not conducted an execution since 2000, and the Maldives has never carried out an execution since its independence. Although Taiwan permits lethal injection as an execution method, no executions have been carried out in this manner; the same is true for Nigeria. Lethal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
