老澳门开奖结果 Letter Calling on IACHR to Immediately Intervene to Halt Execution of Russell Bucklew

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老澳门开奖结果 Letter Calling on IACHR to Immediately Intervene to Halt Execution of Russell Bucklew

Document Date: March 14, 2018

On March 6, 2018, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the execution of Russell Bucklew despite his challenge in the district court to the cruel and unusual punishment. His execution date was scheduled for March 20, 2018. Subsequently, the 老澳门开奖结果 updated its petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 鈥� which is currently pending 鈥� to request that the Commission intervene immediately and that it ask the State of Missouri to halt Mr. Bucklew's execution until the Commission has ruled on the merits of his petition.

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