A Missouri Supreme Court decision on whether to set an execution date for Chris Collings, who murdered 9-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella in 2007 won't be coming anytime soon.
The court granted a 60-day extension of time to Collings' public defender attorneys who said they needed more time to respond to Attorney General Andrew Bailey's request to set an execution date.
The delay has nothing to do with the Collings case, according to the motion, which was filed Friday. Both lawyers who are working on Collings case are bogged down with other capital cases, including the filing of a clemency petition to Gov. Mike Parson for David Hosier, who is scheduled to be executed June 11.
With the extension, the new deadline for responding to the execution request is July 1.
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