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Eric Schmitt, Washington Examiner June 2, 2021 Earlier this month, the Missouri attorney general's office secured first-degree murder convictions for Eric Lawson, who murdered his ex-girlfriend, her mother, and his 10-month-old infant son. He shot and killed Breiana Ray, who was 22 years old, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, who was 50, and then…Read Full Article »
COLUMBIA - During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people traveled. As people stayed home, revenue from the City of Columbiaâs hotel occupancy tax has decreased. Hotel occupancies were especially low in May 2020, a time of year devoted to graduation ceremonies that never happened. Courtyard by Marriott's General Manager Eric Lawson said that the past year has been difficult. âI think the struggles have just been people not travelling. The industry itself has just really been hit by that,â Lawson said. The hotel industry is also dealing with labor shortages. Lawson said he i...
The Florida Supreme Court issued two decisions denying relief in capital cases. In v. State, the court denied Deviney’s direct appeal from the death sentence imposed in 2017 in Deviney’s capital resentencing trial. The trial judge had initially sentenced Deviney to death in 2008 under Florida’s unconstitutional judicial factfinding procedures, imposing the death penalty after four of the jurors in the case had voted for a life sentence. The main issue in Deviney’s appeal involved the trial court’s unconstitutional refusal to excuse a juror whose views “indicat[ed] an unyielding...
May 06, 2021 - 4:23 PM ST. LOUIS - A man who killed his 10-month-old son, ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2012 was spared the death penalty Thursday after a St. Louis jury instead recommended he be sentenced to life in prison. Eric Lawson, 32, was convicted on Saturday of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Breiana Ray, 22, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, at their apartment on May 5, 2012. He then set two fires inside the apartment and locked the door as he left, trapping his 10-month-old son, Aiden, prosecutors said. Aiden's 3-year-old sister, Mckenzie Ray, suffered sm...
St. Louis man sentenced to life in death of son and 2 others May 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who killed his 10-month-old son, ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2012 was spared the death penalty Thursday after a St. Louis jury instead recommended he be sentenced to life in prison. Eric Lawson, 32, was convicted on Saturday of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Breiana Ray, 22, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, at their apartment on May 5, 2012. He then set two fires inside the apartment and locked the door as he left, trapping his 10-month-old son, Aiden, prosecut...