KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The state of Missouri is fighting a stay of execution granted to a Kansas City man scheduled to be executed Wednesday for a 1989 murder, authorities said.
After a federal judge granted Roderick Nunley's request for a stay of execution, the Missouri attorney general's office asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis within hours to vacate the order, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Monday.