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Clemency petition postpones Skillicorn execution

Clemency petition postpones Skillicorn execution By JASON NOBLEThe Star?s Jefferson City correspondent function PopupPic(sPicURL, sHeight, sWidth) { window.open( "http://media.kansascity.com/static/popup.html?"+sPicURL, "", "resizable=1,HEIGHT=" +sHeight+ ",WIDTH=" +sWidth); } NBC Action News JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the scheduled execution of Dennis Skillicorn to give his lawyers more time to gather information for a clemency petition.Skillicorn, 49, of Kansas City, is on death row for the murder of an Excelsior Springs man in 1994. He was scheduled to be executed next Wednesday.The court denied a petition by Skillicorn?s lawyers to overturn his conviction and death sentence and to sentence him instead to life in prison...continue to full post

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