Missouri holds U.S.'s first execution during the coronavirus pandemic.
in the murder of Gladys Kuehler, 81, who operated a mobile home park south of Springfield. Barton, a former tenant of Kuehler's, was living out of his car and was reported to have visited Kuehler's granddaughter and a neighbor at the property on the night she was beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed 52 times.
While blood was found on Barton's clothing, he maintained his innocence at each of his trials. His case lingered in the court system over the decades because of mistrials and appeals. A fifth trial in 2006 ended in a guilty verdict and a death sentence. On Sunday, a federal appeals court vacated Barton's petition for post-conviction relief that might have delayed his execution. The court ruled that there was no new evidence.
But in recent weeks, Barton's attorney Frederick Duchardt Jr. got affidavits from three jurors who had convicted Barton to agree that they now have doubts about his guilt. At the heart of the case has been whether the prosecution's blood spatter evidence — a form of forensic analysis whose accuracy has been
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