For years, the Missouri Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals, for ...

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After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Gov. Mike Kehoe denied clemency in the first execution of his tenure. Missouri is moving forward with an execution, Tuesday evening. Lance Shockley is scheduled to die by ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Putting one foot in front of the other for 30 miles, a group is walking across central Missouri to send a message about the death penalty. A group of Missourians against ...

A man who has insisted upon his innocence in the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman is scheduled to be executed next week, even though the jury that convicted him could not reach agreement on ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Silently marching into the governor’s office, Missourians advocating for the pardon of Lance Shockley turned in 31,000 signatures asking Gov. Mike Kehoe to pardon the man ...

This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on ...