Missouri governor denies clemency for serial killer

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday denied a clemency request for white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, calling his crime a "cowardly and calculated shooting."

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