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    Depends on his Cert Johnson could easily pull ahead of him. I don't see anyone else going for a long time.
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    Barton's cert petition has been distributed for the SCOTUS conference of November 15.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/19-5570.html
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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Barton's petition for certiorari.

    Lower court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Case Nos.: (18-2241)
    Decision date: December 21, 2018
    Rehearing denied: March 20, 2019

    Appeals exhausted. Ruling should result in execution date.
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    So based on the patterns with Bucklew and Forrest, I'm going to predict a May or June execution date for this guy. Anyone else care to hazard a guess?
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    I’m gonna guess Spring. Bucklew’s date was set three months in advanced and I’m gonna wager Missouri is waiting for 2020 before they give him a date

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    Execution set

    State of Missouri sets execution date for Christian County man

    OZARK, Mo. -- The state of Missouri set an execution date Tuesday for a Christian County man on death row since 1991.

    The state will execute William Barton, 64, on May 20.

    A judge sentenced Barton to death in 1991 for the murder of an Ozark mobile home park manager. Detectives say Barton fatally stabbed Gladys Kuehler, 81, in her home after asking to borrow $20. Investigators say she was stabbed 52 times and sexually assaulted. Kuehler used a cane to move around her home.

    Barton appealed his death sentence twice, the last coming in 2016.

    Barton is one of Missouri's longest on death row.

    https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Sta...567972041.html
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    Absolutely nailed that May prediction. Told you not to hit the panic button on this one.
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    Heads up, it’s been moved up a day (May 19 now)

    Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old

    By Jim Salter
    The Associated Press

    ST. LOUIS — A Missouri man convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago now faces execution in May.

    The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a May 19 execution date for Walter Barton, 64. He would be the first Missouri inmate put to death since Russell Bucklew was executed in October. The state Supreme Court initially set an execution date of May 20 before revising it hours later. No explanation was given, but Missouri executions typically occur on Tuesdays and May 19 is a Tuesday.

    Barton’s case has been tied up in court for years due to mistrials, appeals and two overturned convictions, and his attorney continues to maintain his innocence.

    Gladys Kuehler operated a mobile home park in the southwestern Missouri town of Ozark, near Springfield. In October 1991, friends and relatives of Kuehler were concerned when they couldn’t reach her, and contacted police.

    Officers found Kuehler dead inside her mobile home. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed more than 50 times.

    DNA testing showed that a stain on Barton’s clothing was Kuehler’s blood.

    Barton’s attorney, Frederick A. Duchardt Jr., said Barton had blood on his shirt because he was among those who helped identify the victim. Duchardt said the conviction was also based on testimony from an unreliable witness.

    “I’m saying the state of Missouri is about to prove why the death penalty should not be used because they are about to execute an innocent man,” Duchardt said.

    The first attempt to prosecute Barton ended in a mistrial in 1993 after his attorney objected that prosecutors had failed to endorse any trial witnesses. Another mistrial was declared that same year after another jury deadlocked.

    Barton was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to death. The state Supreme Court overturned the conviction over objections to the prosecutor’s final arguments. Barton was convicted again and sentenced to death in 1998, but another new trial was ordered when a judge found that the prosecution had failed to disclose the full background of one of its witnesses, among other improprieties.

    At his fifth trial, in 2006, Barton was convicted for the third time. The state Supreme Court upheld that conviction and death penalty in 2007, but Barton has continued his appeals.

    Missouri was once among the most active death penalty states, but the pace of executions has slowed considerably in recent years in part because fewer convicted killers are being sentenced to death. Bucklew’s execution was the first since January 2017.

    https://apnews.com/50d1925b2aeb41f06f866f0c25abf43c
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    Missouri Supreme Court lets inmate's execution date stand

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from a man facing execution next month for a hearing to argue that he's innocent and impaired by a traumatic brain injury.

    Walter Barton, 64, was convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago. Barton's case has been tied up in court for years due to mistrials, appeals and two overturned convictions, and his attorney continues to maintain his innocence. The state Supreme Court in February set a May 19 execution date.

    Gladys Kuehler operated a mobile home park in the southwestern Missouri town of Ozark. In October 1991, officers found Kuehler dead inside her mobile home. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed more than 50 times.

    DNA testing showed that a stain on Barton’s clothing was Kuehler’s blood.

    Barton’s attorney, Frederick A. Duchardt Jr., said Barton had blood on his shirt because he was among those who helped identify the victim. Duchardt said the conviction was also based on testimony from an unreliable witness.

    Barton sought to argue that information that would impeach the witness and offer a different theory about the blood spatter would prove his innocence, but the state Supreme Court rejected that argument in its Monday ruling. The court also ruled that Barton had not shown that he was incompetent to be executed.

    Barton would be the first Missouri inmate put to death since Russell Bucklew was executed in October.

    https://www.kmbc.com/article/missour...arton/32302024
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    That is courageous for the Missouri Supreme Court to allow Barton's execution proceed. This is worthy for Texas to rid at least 8 for the remainder of the year.
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