Missouri Execution Stayed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday stayed the execution of a onetime motorcycle gang leader less than 12 hours before he was scheduled to die for the rape and murder of a tavern waitress. The execution of George (Tiny) Mercer, 44, would have been the first in Missouri since 1965.
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