**Disclaimer: Please note that the information listed on this page is my simplified version of the complex legal developments in these cases. I'm not a lawyer, and my interpretations may not always be 100% legally accurate, but this is what's happening with these four guys to the best of my understanding:

Marlin Gray

Marlin Gray was excecuted at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri on October 26, 2005.

In 1992, Gray was convicted of multiple felonies, including two counts of first degree murder, two counts of rape and felonious restraint. He was sentenced to death. The last of his appeals was exhausted in 2002.

Reginald Clemons

Update: In 1993, Clemons was convicted of multiple felonies, including two counts of first degree murder, two counts of rape and felonious restraint. He was also sentenced to death. In 2002, Clemons' death penalty verdict was stayed pending the outcome of an appeal. In September, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the stay, and reinstated the sentence of death. Clemons is back on Missouri's Death Row at Potosi State Penitentiary.

Antonio Richardson

Richardson was convicted in 1993 on one count of first degree murder (for Julie) and one count of second degree murder (for Robin). This is a point that I've always found to be particularly disgusting. As I understand it, the second degree conviction for Robin had something to do with the fact that we never found her, so there wasn't the same degree of "evidence." Infuriating. Richardson was also convicted on the rape and felonious restraint charges. Because he was 16 at the time of his crimes, the jury came back hung on his sentence. The judge then sentenced him to death. In October of 2003, there was a federal mandate passed which stated that, in capital cases, only a jury (and not a judge) could pass down a sentence of death. Missouri voted to make this law retroactive and, as a result, Richardson's death penalty verdict was commuted. He remains at Potosi State Penitentiary where I hope he will stays until the day he dies.

Daniel Winfrey

Thanks to his agreement to plea bargain with Nels Moss back in 1992, Winfrey's murder convictions were second degree, and consequently he received a sentence of 30 years instead of the death penalty. While I was in St. Louis in June to promote A RIP IN HEAVEN, we received news that Winfrey was coming up for parole. Shortly following that news, we were astounded to learn that Winfrey was choosing to waive his parole hearing. Within a couple of months, my brother received a private and personal letter from Daniel Winfrey, apologizing. Last month, we got word from Victims Services that Winfrey will receive parole in the summer of 2007. By the time he is released, Winfrey will have served 15 years—half of his life. We are not actively seeking his continued incarceration. And personally, I think he might actually be truly sorry for what he's done.