On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of kill ...
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out
On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of killing an 81-year-old acquaintance nearly three decades ago. But the Innocence Project and others ...
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My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask in the criminal justi ...
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask in the criminal justice system—did we just execute an innocent man? And perhaps more importantly—why? That is the q ...
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Missouri Executes First Person Since COVID-19: A Man Who Claimed Innocence
Missouri Executes First Person Since COVID-19: A Man Who Claimed Innocence
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI -- After nearly two decades in and out of courtrooms to fight for his innocence, ...
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI -- After nearly two decades in and out of courtrooms to fight for his innocence, Missouri man Walter Barton was executed on May 19, 2020, marking the first execution in the nat ...
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Execution Reinstated for Innocent-Claiming Missouri Man after Court Vacates Stay
Execution Reinstated for Innocent-Claiming Missouri Man after Court Vacates Stay
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI -- Missouri is maintaining their scheduled execution of 64-year-old Walter Barton ...
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI -- Missouri is maintaining their scheduled execution of 64-year-old Walter Barton for today after his stay of execution petition, granted on May 5, 2020, was vacated two days a ...