Legal Opinion
Russell Bucklew v. Anne Precythe
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2018No. 17-3052PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoken, Circuit Judge
The issue is whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, as applied, bar Missouri officials from employing a procedure that is authorized by Missouri statute to execute Russell Bucklew.
In March 2006, Bucklew stole a car; armed himself with pistols, handcuffs, and a roll of duct tape; and followed his former girlfriend, Stephanie Ray, to the home of Michael Sanders, where she was living. Bucklew knocked and entered the trailer with a pistol in each hand when Sanders's son opened the door. Sanders took the children to the back room and grabbed a shotgun. Bucklew began shooting. Two bullets…
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