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Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail in 2000 has been executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terr…

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28 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    Missouri man set to be executed for killing 2 unarmed jail guards in failed effort to help an inmate escape (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Michael Tisius shot them in June 2000 in a failed effort to help an inmate escape. Some jurors who decided on the death penalty now reportedly favor a life sentence instread.

  2. NBC Chicago

    Missouri man faces execution for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    A man who shot and killed two Missouri jailers almost 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

  3. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Missouri man facing execution for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000 (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By JIM SALTER Associated Press A man who shot and killed two Missouri jailers almost 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

  4. Newsweek

    Who is Michael Tisius? Missouri set to execute prison guards' killer (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Governor Mike Parson has said Tisius has received fair due-process and that this is a step towards justice.

  5. The Guardian

    Missouri man to be executed for killing two jailers in failed escape plot (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Michael Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by injection for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the small Randolph county jail in 2000

  6. NBC News

    Missouri man to be executed for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Michael Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the small Randolph County Jail on June 22, 2000.

  7. FOX 2 St. Louis

    Michael Tisius executed for murder of Missouri jailers (opens FOX 2 St. Louis)

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    FOX 2 St. Louis's feed description

    The Missouri Department of Corrections carried out its execution of a man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers in 2000.

  8. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000 (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail in 2000 has been executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terr…

  9. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape from a rural jail in 2000 (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape from a rural jail in 2000.

  10. Newsweek

    Michael Tisius' last words before Missouri execution (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Convicted for killing two prison guards in 2000 at age 19, he's the third person to die by lethal injection in Missouri this year.

  11. The Brunswick News

    Missouri executes Michael Tisius for murders of Randolph County jailers in 2000 (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The state of Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Michael Tisius, who fatally shot two guards during a botched jail escape more than two decades ago. Tisius,

  12. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Missouri man executed in death of 2 jailers (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- A Missouri man who shot and killed two jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail was executed Tuesday evening.

  13. Ozarks First

    Michael Tisius executed for murder of rural Missouri jailers (opens Ozarks First)

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    Ozarks First's feed description

    The Missouri Department of Corrections carried out its execution of a man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers in 2000.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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