Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins...

Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins, has been given a new day in court regarding the death penalty.
Circuit Judge Gary Oxenhandler overturned Glass' death penalty. Glass, 26, was found guilty and received the death sentence on November 21, 2002 (see) at Boone County Courthouse in Columbia. Judge Frank Conley was presiding judge. He sentenced Glass on Jan. 24, 2003 (see).
Glass was convicted of 1st-degree murder in the May 25, 2001, killing of Steffini Wilkins, 13. Police officers testified that Glass had confessed to killing Steffini and described how it happened.
Judge Oxenhandler's decision to reconduct the penalty phase of the trial was announced at the Callaway County Courthouse in Fulton.
Oxenhandler's statement says: "The court finds that the guilt phase of the movant's (Glass') trial was fair. However, with respect to the penalty phase of the trial, the court finds that the penalty phase was not fair, that movant (Glass) was prejudiced and that movant is entitled to a new penalty phase of his trial."