51-year-old Russell Buckley needs to execute in Jefferson city (mo), October 1, 2019 for the rape and murder committed 22 years ago. However, lawyers for the men asked for clemency, claiming that due to a rare disease his death could cause psychological trauma to witnesses.
Buckle suffers from cavernous hemangioma, which weakens blood vessels and causes a blood-filled tumors in the nose and throat of the patient. According to lawyers, by lethal injection these tumors, as the vessels of a convicted person is literally going to explode.
«The health of the Russell significantly enhances the probability that [penalty] <…> will be absolutely terrifying spectacle, able to mentally traumatize the witnesses and prison staff,» — says the lawyer of the man, Lawrence, Comp.
The computer finds that any injection for Bakla — «a huge risk». During execution, he can drown in his own blood that begins to flow from the mouth, nose and eyes.
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The lawyer also says that over the years spent behind bars, Buckle, repented and became a completely different person — «an exemplary Christian, a loyal friend and a loving son.» According to the company, the man’s behavior is completely contrary to imposed on him the sentence, «which was based on the fact that he is an incorrigible sociopath, would represent a threat to other prisoners and guards in a lifetime».
Buckley was sentenced to death for first-degree murder in 1997. The convict shot and killed Michael Sanders, to which he moved his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie ray, and then kidnapped and raped the ray, and then clashed with police.
