US man to be executed over killing of mother, her three children

• Leonard Taylor man murdered his girlfriend and her three children in 2004.
• He is slated to be executed by lethal injection at the Potosi State Penitentiary in the United States Midwest.
• Missouri Governor Mike Parson denied his clemency plea.

WASHINGTON – The Missouri state government plans to execute a man sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend and her three children, which he denies.

Leonard Taylor, 58, is slated to be executed by lethal injection at the Potosi State Penitentiary in the United States Midwest.

In 2008, he was condemned to death for the murders of Angela Rowe and her three children, ages 10, six, and five.

On December 3, 2004, they were discovered dead in their home, each with a bullet in the head. They had been dead for several days, according to the forensic doctors.

Taylor has always claimed that they were still alive on November 26, when he flew to California from his home in Jennings, Missouri.

Prosecutors said he confessed to his brother about the murders and made his pistol disappear in front of a witness during the trial, and jurors found him guilty.

He has made countless failed attempts to cleanse his identity since then.

Denied his clemency plea

Also on Monday, Missouri Governor Mike Parson denied his clemency plea.

“Taylor committed these atrocities, according to the evidence, and a jury found him guilty. Taylor’s convictions have been regularly upheld by courts “In a statement, the Republican governor said.

According to the Innocence Project, which works for justice and defends Taylor, the brother’s evidence was obtained under pressure and he later recanted.

His lawyers recently submitted the testimony of his daughter, who says that her father was in California with her at the time of the killings, but they were unable to reopen the case.

They filed a last appeal with the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, which is anticipated to rule soon.

If he does not stay the execution, Taylor will be the fifth death row inmate executed since January 1 in the United States.

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