George Harris was executed by the State of Missouri for the murder of Stanley Willoughby
According to court documents George Harris would get two guns and asked Stanley Willoughby to hide them. When Harris asked for the guns back at a later date Stanley Willoughby said that he could not find him. George would pull out a gun and shoot him in the head killing him
George Harris would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
George Harris would be executed on September 13 2000
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George Harris was executed on September 13 2000
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a Sept. 13 execution date for a Kansas City man convicted of murder. George Bernard Harris, 41, was convicted for the 1989 slaying of Stanley Willoughby. Willoughby was killed in Kansas City after he failed to produce machine guns given to him by Harris for safekeeping. Harris was arrested four days after the shooting, following the armed robbery of a Columbia grocery store.
During his trial Harris admitted killing Willoughby but said it was in self-defense during an argument in a drug house. “I was afraid for my life,” he testified. At the time, Harris had gained a reputation as one of the most prolific robbers in recent Kansas City history. He had five felony convictions but had beaten at least four armed-robbery charges. Authorities called him the “top of his field.” Defense attorneys said the previous convictions influenced the jury to find him guilty.
Harris, who is scheduled to be executed at the Potosi Correctional Center, was convicted in Jackson County on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Harris’ execution would be the first one involving a Jackson County case since Roy Ramsey Jr. was put to death on April 14, 1999. Ramsey was convicted of slaying Garrett and Betty Ledford in their Grandview home.
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