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Friday 16 March 2018

Man convicted of killing boss set to be executed in Alabama

By KIM CHANDLER gulation of his employer, filing, he asked judges to al- Court. attorneys be allowed to vis-
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Bennie Francis Murray. Pros- low his "immediate execu- His former attorneys ar- it him, or witness the lethal
man convicted of killing ecutors said Eggers admit- tion in the interests of truth, gued that Eggers believes injection. Eggers met with
the woman who hired him ted to strangling Murray law and justice." he is the subject of a gov- friends and family Thursday,
to work with a traveling car- during an argument after His former attorneys asked ernment conspiracy and but not attorneys.
nival nearly two decades she hired him to work con- the U.S. Supreme Court to "would rather die than be The state attorney general's
ago is set to be executed cessions for a traveling car- intervene. They argued represented by lawyers office asked the court to let
Thursday night after drop- nival. Her body was found that Eggers suffers from who do not support his de- the execution proceed.
ping his appeals and ask- in Walker County, north- schizophrenia and delu- lusional view of his case." The state argued that Eg-
ing to be put to death. west of Birmingham. sions and was mentally in- Eggers is opposing efforts by gers made a rational de-
Michael Wayne Eggers, 50, In 2016, following disagree- competent when he made his former attorneys to stop cision to drop his appeals.
is scheduled to receive a ments with his attorneys, the decision. the execution. The petition Lawyers for the state noted
lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Eggers dropped his ap- "Michael Eggers is severely to the Supreme Court was that the 11th U.S. Circuit
a southwest Alabama pris- peals and asked Alabama mentally ill," his former at- made without his consent. Court of Appeals in 2017 up-
on. Eggers was sentenced to quickly schedule his ex- torneys wrote in a petition A prison spokeswoman said held a district court's ruling
to death for the 2000 stran- ecution. In a handwritten filed with the U.S. Supreme Eggers requested that no that he was competent.q

Woman charged with second-degree murder in officer's death

CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — A said she had known Waters She was originally charged
woman who is charged since childhood and he with possession of metham-
with second-degree mur- had been at her house "off phetamine with intent to
der in the killing of a west- and on" since October or distribute and keeping or
ern Missouri police officer November. maintaining a public nui-
said she didn't know a man "I didn't know what was sance.
in her home had a gun going to happen," Widger Henry County Prosecutor
when she let five officers in- said. "In the blink of an eye, Richard Shields said Thurs-
side and shooting erupted. my life changed. I didn't day he had not read the
The officers went to Tammy want this." interview and couldn't
Dee Widger's home by mis- Waters then barricaded comment on Widger's
take in response to a 911 himself inside the home. statements.
call on March 6. James By the time officers got to Widger is jailed on $100,000
Waters shot and killed one Morton hours later, he was bond.
of them, Ryan Morton, and dead, along with Waters. She has requested a public
two other officers were in- When police arrived initial- defender but does not yet
jured. ly, she told them she hadn't have an attorney.
Widger, 37, was charged made the 911 call but she An investigation continues
Wednesday with second- agreed to let the police into the 911 mistake that
degree murder in Morton's into the house to make sure sent officers to the wrong
death. The charge was no one was in danger. house, 20 miles (30 kilome-
added to previous charges Widger said she "kind of got ters) away.
because Morton was killed the impression" that Waters Henry County emergency
"as a result of' Widger's al- was determined not to re- communications officials
leged drug crime, Henry turn to prison, where he have blamed a database
County prosecutors said. had served time for robbery error.
In a jailhouse interview with This undated file photo released by Clinton Police Department and gun charges. She went Widger told investigators
The Kansas City Star, Widg- shows officer Christopher Ryan Morton. Tammy Dee Widger was inside with the officers and that in exchange for help-
er said she thought Waters charged Wednesday, March 14, 2018, with second-degree was standing with them ing Waters distribute meth-
had slipped out the back murder in the shooting death of Morton. Her rental home was when the shooting started. amphetamine, he agreed
the site of the fatal shooting on March 6. Prosecutors say the
of the house in Clinton to murder charge was added because Morton was killed as a re- Officers told her to go out- to pay her bills, according
avoid police and she didn't sult of Widger's drug crime. side and handcuffed her to court documents.
know he had a gun. She (Clinton Police Department via AP) when she did. q

Man who killed his family as a teen faces hearing on freedom

By MARY HUDETZ to treatment for schizoaf- mony presented by prose- detain Griego beyond age sheriff’s deputies said
Associated Press fective disorder and post- cutors the first time around. 21. Griego first shot his moth-
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — traumatic stress disorder at The new court proceedings Romero said earlier this er in her bed as she slept,
A New Mexico judge previ- a juvenile treatment facility could take weeks, if not week that he didn’t be- then his 9-year-old brother,
ously said a young man and scheduled him for re- months. Meanwhile, pros- lieve similar circumstances followed by his two sisters,
who killed five family mem- lease on Tuesday, his 21st ecutors want the judge to had ever come before the ages 5 and 2.
bers as a teenager could birthday. keep Griego in state custo- court in Albuquerque. Hours later, his father re-
be released from custody But an appeals court last dy until his case is resolved. Griego was 15 when au- turned home, and the teen
but was preparing Thurs- week ordered Romero to If the judge agrees Thurs- thorities said he killed his — who had been waiting in
day to revisit whether he hold another hearing to day, it’s not clear where parents and three young a bathroom — ambushed
can go free. determine whether Griego Griego would be held. The siblings at their home south him, authorities said. He
Children’s Court Judge has proven he is prepared case is in the juvenile court, of Albuquerque in January then spent much of the
John Romero found two to rejoin society, saying the but the Children Youth and 2013. day at the Calvary Church,
years ago that Nehemiah judge’s decision had not Families Department does In a chilling criminal com- where his father had been
Griego had been receptive considered certain testi- not have legal authority to plaint, Bernalillo County a pastor.q