64-year-old Walter Barton is scheduled to die by lethal injection in Missouri on Tuesday.
Responding to arguments regarding Barton's competence as well as evidence previously used to convict him, the ruling stated,"We vacate the stay of execution and remand with instructions to dismiss Barton's petition because we see no possibility of success on the merits on either of Barton's claims."
Following Monday's response from the Court of Appeals, the inmate's attorney requested another stay from the U.S. Supreme Court and intervention from Missouri Governor Mike Parson. In a statement to outlet Missourinet.com on Monday night, a spokesperson from Parson's office said the governor"fully anticipates carrying out the court order and discharging his duties as prescribed by law, on May 19.
Several non-profit organizations, including the criminal justice reform coalition The Innocence Project and human rights group Amnesty International, have argued against Barton's execution.
Members of the Abolitionist Action Committee hold protest against the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2019. On Tuesday, a Missouri death row inmate scheduled for execution, the first to take place in the U.S. since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic"Walter Barton's execution would be the first in this country during the COVID-19 pandemic," she wrote.
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