article_snippet: the Missouri Supreme Court's majority concluded last weekend that there was no evidence
article_snippet: the Missouri Supreme Court was also divided, with four judges saying four judges would have granted a stay.
article_snippet: Executing Clayton without a hearing to determine Clayton competency violated the Constitution, Missouri law, and basic human dignity...
article_snippet: But the victim's family were in support of Clayton killer being put to death.
article_snippet: Missouri Missouri did not kill an innocent man.
article_snippet: At the weekend, when the Missouri Supreme Court issued the Missouri Supreme Court decision, three of the seven judges agreed that Cecil Clayton was entitled to a competency hearing.
article_snippet: In Missouri, the director of the Department of Corrections is the only one with the authority to order a competency hearing, and last year,
highlights_snippet: A doctor from Missouri Department of Mental Health had previously concluded that A doctor from Missouri Department of Mental Health did understand the punishment .