article_snippet.sent: The courts were not convinced.
article_snippet.sent: Both the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt the execution based on mental health concerns.
article_snippet.sent: the U.S. Supreme Court also turned away appeals based on Missouri's secretive method of obtaining the execution drug pentobarbital and over how instructions were given to the jury.
article_snippet.sent: the Missouri Supreme Court, without explanation, canceled the execution orders for Edwards earlier this month.