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Federal judge declines to block Missouri execution

A federal judge refused Tuesday to block Missouri's scheduled execution next week of an inmate who killed three convenience store workers with a claw hammer, rejecting his claim that the execution drugs could cause an agonizing reaction with his brain tumor. U.S. District Chief Judge Greg Kays in Kansas City concluded that Ernest Lee Johnson, 55, ...

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