The ruling late Wednesday followed St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton's approval of a plan allowing Marcellus Williams to enter a no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle.
In recent unfoldings, Esteban Santiago, the Lauderdale Airport shooter is set for a court hearing which could determine his fate forever.
Georgia is set to execute its oldest death row inmate Tuesday, after a federal appeals court refused to hear a challenge to the law governing lethal injection.
California advocates and opponents sparred over the new proposed protocol for lethal injection on public hearing last week. Advocates urged the protocol adoption which could resume executions in the state after a 10-year hiatus.
