BONNE TERRE — Missouri early Wednesday executed a man who killed a good Samaritan who had stopped on the road to help him, ending a nearly four-year period without an execution in the state. Texas, meanwhile, executed its 15th prisoner this year.
UPDATE: Missouri executes Dennis Skillicorn
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | 3:58 a.m. CDT
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