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State Missouriin the central United States, executed a man sentenced to death for a quadruple murder in 2004, which he has always denied, authorities said.
Leonard TaylorA 58-year-old man was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. (local time) at a correctional facility in Bonn-Terre, about 100 kilometers south of the city of St. Louis.
In 2008, he was sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend. Angela Roweand her three children aged 10, 6 and 5.
They were found dead in their home on 3 December 2004, each shot in the head. According to the coroners, they have been dead for several days.
Leonard Taylor He always maintained that they were still alive on November 26, when he left the Jennings’ home, Missouri, to catch a flight to California, on the country’s west coast.
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Taylor confessed to the murders to his brother and made his gun disappear in front of a witness.
The jury found him guilty. Since then, he has repeatedly filed appeals to acquit him, but all to no avail. Also Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike ParsonHe denied his request for clemency.
“Evidence shows that Taylor committed these atrocities, the jury found him guilty, and all courts upheld the verdict,” the Republican governor said in a statement.
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However, The Innocence Project, an NGO that fights miscarriage of justice and defends Taylor, says his brother’s testimony was obtained under duress and that he later retracted it.
Lawyers for Taylor recently presented her daughter’s testimony that she was with her in California at the time of the murders, but the case has not been reopened.
On Tuesday, they filed a final appeal with United States Supreme Courtunsuccessfully.
Leonard Taylor he was the fifth death row inmate to be executed since January 1 in the United States. (AFP)
Source: RPP
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