In a petition, jurors said they were still convinced Michael Tisius was guilty of murder, but the abusive nature of Tisius’ childhood and his good behavior in prison, should allow him a second chance. Jurors gave death sentence. Now some aren't so sure.:
A memorial for two jail guards killed on June 22, 2000, at the Randolph County Circuit Court, in Huntsville, Mo., June 1, 2023. Just after midnight on June 22, 2000, Michael Tisius and Tracie Bulington entered a county jail, intent on forcibly freeing an imprisoned friend. Tisius, 19 years old and carrying a gun, shot and killed two guards during the attempt, then fled.
In a 56-page petition sent to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, jurors recounted in statements obtained from Tisius’ defense team why they have changed their thinking since the sentencing 13 years ago. “Jurors change their minds all the time,” she said. “But if no one goes and asks them and discovers it, then we don’t find out about it in public.”
But now he said he knows, based on what he was recently told by Tisius’ legal team, that doctors who have examined him concluded that he had mental deficiencies that could have impaired his decision-making. And Smith has learned about medical research showing that the frontal lobe of the brain is not fully developed in the teenage years.
When a jury in 2010 was asked to determine Tisius’ sentence, they were told of the botched escape attempt that resulted in the murders of Jason Acton and Leon Egley: Tisius had been trying to free an inmate, Roy Vance, who had previously been his cellmate. Vance, who is serving a life sentence in prison for his role in the murders, has since said that he manipulated Tisius to carry out the escape plan.
Some jurors who were contacted by Tisius’ legal team affirmed their original decision that Tisius should be sentenced to death, or declined to sign affidavits, said Keith O’Connor, a lawyer for Tisius. “I wasn’t emotionally torn up with my decision,” said Smith, who works in food distribution. But it still weighed on him.For Linda Arena of Rocheport, Missouri., the sister of Jason Acton, one of the slain jail employees, the death sentence brought relief. The years since have been a long wait for what she sees as justice.
Fox said that the process of capital punishment can be troubling for jurors, prison employees who get to know inmates and the lawyers who defend their clients.
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