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Allen Nicklasson

41 years old · died December 11, 2013 · Missouri

Missouri executed Allen Nicklasson, 41, by injection of pentobarbital late on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, eight minutes after the drug was started. He grew up in Kansas City in a fatherless home and lived with bipolar disorder, and in his final prayers he spoke briefly with the prison chaplain. A federal appeals panel had stayed the execution, but the US Supreme Court vacated the stay 5-4, and Governor Jay Nixon declined clemency. No family members from either side attended, according to the reporting.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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