KANSAS CITY , Mo. — A man who's been on death row for 25 years might never be executed because Gov. Mel Carnahan issued a stay that was not resolved before he died in a plane crash in 2000.
Wording of stay issued by Carnahan helps inmate evade execution
Sunday, June 7, 2009 | 7:13 p.m. CDT
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