In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is John E. Winfield. When Winfield went on a shooting spree in St. Louis County in 1996, he killed two women and permanently blinded the the mother of his two children.
St. Louis:
Hours before a condemned man is scheduled to be put to death, court filings continue to create uncertainty about if or when the execution will take place.
John Middleton is scheduled to die early Wednesday for killing three people in rural northern Missouri in 1995.
The US Supreme Court refused to halt the execution late Tuesday.
US District Judge Catherine Perry had granted a stay earlier in the day, over concerns that Middleton is mentally ill and incompetent for execution. That stay was overturned. But Middleton's attorneys went back to Perry, and they said she granted another stay about 90 minutes before the execution was to take place.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office said they had filed a notice of appeal.
John Middleton is scheduled to die early Wednesday for killing three people in rural northern Missouri in 1995.
The US Supreme Court refused to halt the execution late Tuesday.
US District Judge Catherine Perry had granted a stay earlier in the day, over concerns that Middleton is mentally ill and incompetent for execution. That stay was overturned. But Middleton's attorneys went back to Perry, and they said she granted another stay about 90 minutes before the execution was to take place.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office said they had filed a notice of appeal.
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