The state of Missouri on Wednesday night executed its third inmate in three months after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay. (Updated 1:30 at 10 a.m.)
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Read More »The state of Missouri on Wednesday night executed its third inmate in three months after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay. (Updated 1:30 at 10 a.m.)
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Read More »On the same day that the Missouri Supreme Court set a date of execution for a murderer, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the identities of the physician, pharmacist and laboratories responsible for providing the execution drugs could remain secret.
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Read More »Late Wednesday night, the state of Missouri carried out its second execution in less than a month after a long-awaited go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Roderick Nunley, who was convicted of the 1989 rape and murder of 15-year-old Ann Harrison in Kansas City, will be executed Oct. 20, the Missouri Supreme Court announced Thursday. Executions in the state had been stalled, pending a U.S. Supreme ...
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Read More »A divided Missouri Supreme Court has removed a hurdle to resuming executions in the state. In a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, the high court said the Department of Corrections protocol establishing how executions are to be conducted in Missouri is ...
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court reheard a case on Thursday challenging protocols involved in executing inmates convicted of capital offenses. After a federal judge halted executions in 2006, the Department of Corrections established a written series of steps needed in order ...
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