In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...

In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a convicted triple murderer today because the sentence had been imposed by a judge, not a jury. Instead, the state's highest court sentenced Deandra Buchanan to life in prison. Buchanan was convicted by a jury of the November 7, 2000 slayings of his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend. But jurors were unable to agree on whether to sentence Buchanan to death or life imprisonment. So Boone County Circuit Judge Gene Hamilton sentenced Buchanan to death.