He was executed by lethal injection in Missouri for the 1982 murder of Darrell Ruestman. He spent 15 years on death row trying to appeal his conviction.
His appeal for clemency:
Alan Bannister was on parole for rape in Illinois when he shot Darrell Ruestman once in the heart on Aug. 21, 1982, at the front door of Ruestman's trailer in Joplin, Missouri.
Ronald Rick Wooten, whose wife had run off with Ruestman, lived with Bannister near Peoria, Illinois and hired him to commit the killing for $4,000.
Officers at trial testified that Bannister admitted that he was hired to kill Ruestman in an unrecorded statement. Officers also testified that Bannister directed them to a piece of paper with Ruestman's name and address written on it.
Bannister did not testify at trial, but in post-trial statements said the .22-caliber pistol went off accidentally after Ruestman lunged at him. Bannister said he had gone to Ruestman's trailer to confront him and talk to him about drug transactions. "I am guilty, but only of second-degree murder. That crime is not punishable by death."
While on death row, Bannister was supported by an international anti-death penalty following which has continued following his execution through the International Bannister Foundation.
I came across this grave by accident and did not know of the facts surrounding his death prior to posting this memorial.
His appeal for clemency:
Alan Bannister was on parole for rape in Illinois when he shot Darrell Ruestman once in the heart on Aug. 21, 1982, at the front door of Ruestman's trailer in Joplin, Missouri.
Ronald Rick Wooten, whose wife had run off with Ruestman, lived with Bannister near Peoria, Illinois and hired him to commit the killing for $4,000.
Officers at trial testified that Bannister admitted that he was hired to kill Ruestman in an unrecorded statement. Officers also testified that Bannister directed them to a piece of paper with Ruestman's name and address written on it.
Bannister did not testify at trial, but in post-trial statements said the .22-caliber pistol went off accidentally after Ruestman lunged at him. Bannister said he had gone to Ruestman's trailer to confront him and talk to him about drug transactions. "I am guilty, but only of second-degree murder. That crime is not punishable by death."
While on death row, Bannister was supported by an international anti-death penalty following which has continued following his execution through the International Bannister Foundation.
I came across this grave by accident and did not know of the facts surrounding his death prior to posting this memorial.
He was executed by lethal injection in Missouri for the 1982 murder of Darrell Ruestman. He spent 15 years on death row trying to appeal his conviction.
His appeal for clemency:
Alan Bannister was on parole for rape in Illinois when he shot Darrell Ruestman once in the heart on Aug. 21, 1982, at the front door of Ruestman's trailer in Joplin, Missouri.
Ronald Rick Wooten, whose wife had run off with Ruestman, lived with Bannister near Peoria, Illinois and hired him to commit the killing for $4,000.
Officers at trial testified that Bannister admitted that he was hired to kill Ruestman in an unrecorded statement. Officers also testified that Bannister directed them to a piece of paper with Ruestman's name and address written on it.
Bannister did not testify at trial, but in post-trial statements said the .22-caliber pistol went off accidentally after Ruestman lunged at him. Bannister said he had gone to Ruestman's trailer to confront him and talk to him about drug transactions. "I am guilty, but only of second-degree murder. That crime is not punishable by death."
While on death row, Bannister was supported by an international anti-death penalty following which has continued following his execution through the International Bannister Foundation.
I came across this grave by accident and did not know of the facts surrounding his death prior to posting this memorial.
His appeal for clemency:
Alan Bannister was on parole for rape in Illinois when he shot Darrell Ruestman once in the heart on Aug. 21, 1982, at the front door of Ruestman's trailer in Joplin, Missouri.
Ronald Rick Wooten, whose wife had run off with Ruestman, lived with Bannister near Peoria, Illinois and hired him to commit the killing for $4,000.
Officers at trial testified that Bannister admitted that he was hired to kill Ruestman in an unrecorded statement. Officers also testified that Bannister directed them to a piece of paper with Ruestman's name and address written on it.
Bannister did not testify at trial, but in post-trial statements said the .22-caliber pistol went off accidentally after Ruestman lunged at him. Bannister said he had gone to Ruestman's trailer to confront him and talk to him about drug transactions. "I am guilty, but only of second-degree murder. That crime is not punishable by death."
While on death row, Bannister was supported by an international anti-death penalty following which has continued following his execution through the International Bannister Foundation.
I came across this grave by accident and did not know of the facts surrounding his death prior to posting this memorial.
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