Missouri Gets The Name Of The Man It Is Trying To Execute Wrong

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Missouri opposed “Walter Storey’s Motion for a Stay of Execution” on Tuesday night at the Supreme Court. But Storey was executed on Feb. 11 — and Cecil Clayton is set to be executed tonight.


Missouri is due to execute Cecil Clayton on Tuesday for the 1996 murder of a police officer, and the state is opposing his requests at the Supreme Court seeking a stay of execution. Here is one of Missouri's filings opposing a stay:


Missouri is due to execute Cecil Clayton on Tuesday for the 1996 murder of a police officer, and the state is opposing his requests at the Supreme Court seeking a stay of execution. Here is one of Missouri's filings opposing a stay:


In the opening of the filing, however, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and Assistant Attorney General Michael Spillane caption the filing and reference a man the state executed on Feb. 11, Walter Storey:


In the opening of the filing, however, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and Assistant Attorney General Michael Spillane caption the filing and reference a man the state executed on Feb. 11, Walter Storey:


Later, the state refers to him as "Clay," which is not his name either:


Later, the state refers to him as "Clay," which is not his name either:


Then, they return to calling him the now-deceased Storey:


Then, they return to calling him the now-deceased Storey:



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