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Christopher's Birth
Retrieved on Sepetember 5th, 2012 http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/simmons-christopher.htm -
Christopher's First Step to drug abuse
Christopher's Step Father took him to a bar after the wedding, of Bob and Chryl Haynes, and gave him alcohol to drink just to make his friends laugh
Retriveded on September 6th 2012 http://www.internationaljusticeproject.org/juvCSimmons.cfm -
Bob Hayes Physicaly abused his step-son Christopher
Bob Hayes was supposed to watch Christopher that day, but instead he tied him top a tree so he wouldn't have to watch him while he went fishing,
Retrieved on September 6th 2012 http://www.internationaljusticeproject.org/juvCSimmons.cfm -
Bob Haynes Abuse to his step-son Christopher
Bob Haynes was mad at Christopher and hit him in the ear so hard that blood came out and ran down his neck. It was later discovered that the boy's eardrum had bursted
Retrieved on September 6th 2012 http://www.internationaljusticeproject.org/juvCSimmons.cfm -
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Christopher's Drug addiction
From Christopher's early teens until he was 19 he abused drugs like acohol, weed, LCD, cocain, and magic mushrooms
Retrieved on September 6th 2012
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Killed 46 year old Shirley Crook
Broke into her home, gagged and blindfolded her, and tied her up. He and his friend John Tessmer then kidnapped her and threw her over a bridge into a river. Retrieved on September 5th, 2012 http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/simmons-christopher.htm -
Arrested for the murder of Shirley Crook
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Local Court vs. Simmons
Court didn't know that Christopher was abused as a child had a substance abuse problem before they ruled him guilty and gave him the death peanilty. Retreved on September 6th, 2012 http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/simmons-christopher.htm -
State of Missouri vs. Christopher Simmons
Court said that Simmons was guilty, but didn't deserve the death peanilty Retrieved on September 5th, 2012 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-supreme-court/1216019.html -
Christopher's death sentence vacated
State of Missouri vacated Christopher's death sentance stateing that him being killed was cruel and ununual punishment.
Retrieved September 7th, 2012 http://www.internationaljusticeproject.org/juvCSimmons.cfm -
USA vs. Christopher Simmons
US supreme court concured that Simmons recieveing the death peanilty was crule and unusual punishment and violated his eighth amendment rights
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/u-s-supreme-court-roper-v-simmons-no-03-633
