/tags/capital-punishment Capital Punishment en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:52:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-04/kevin-johnson-sought-faith-before-his-execution-he-found-rev-darryl-gray The Rev. Darryl Gray has seen Missouri’s death penalty firsthand. He prays for its abolition. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:52:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-04/kevin-johnson-sought-faith-before-his-execution-he-found-rev-darryl-gray Danny Wicentowski /politics-issues/2020-05-19/missouri-carries-out-countrys-first-execution-during-pandemic Updated at 7:45 p.m. with Barton's deathWalter Barton was executed Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre.Barton is the first person to be… Wed, 20 May 2020 00:45:53 GMT /politics-issues/2020-05-19/missouri-carries-out-countrys-first-execution-during-pandemic Rachel Lippmann /politics-issues/2017-08-22/gov-greitens-postpones-marcellus-williams-execution-due-to-new-dna-evidence Updated at 5:15 p.m. with McCulloch statement — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens cited new DNA evidence in postponing Tuesday’s scheduled execution of… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:14:11 GMT /politics-issues/2017-08-22/gov-greitens-postpones-marcellus-williams-execution-due-to-new-dna-evidence /politics-issues/2017-08-21/midwest-innocence-project-asks-missouri-governor-to-halt-tuesdays-execution Updated at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 21 with governor's office declining comment — A nonprofit that seeks to overturn wrongful convictions has asked Missouri Gov.… Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:30:52 GMT /politics-issues/2017-08-21/midwest-innocence-project-asks-missouri-governor-to-halt-tuesdays-execution /government-politics-issues/2017-08-18/secret-sedative-how-missouri-uses-pentobarbital-in-executions Missouri will use two of its 34 vials of the sedative pentobarbital on Tuesday when it executes Marcellus Williams, who was convicted in the 1998 killing… Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:56:02 GMT /government-politics-issues/2017-08-18/secret-sedative-how-missouri-uses-pentobarbital-in-executions /2012-07-13/missouris-new-execution-drug-no-silver-bullet Missouri is the first state in the nation to change its protocol for executing prisoners from a three-drug cocktail to the single drug Propofol. The… Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:55:54 GMT /2012-07-13/missouris-new-execution-drug-no-silver-bullet /2012-06-28/21-mo-death-row-inmates-sue-over-new-execution-drug 21 death-row prisoners are suing the director of Missouri’s Corrections Department over its new lethal injection drug.Director George Lombardi announced… Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:32:28 GMT /2012-06-28/21-mo-death-row-inmates-sue-over-new-execution-drug /government-politics-issues/2012-03-21/death-penalty-abolition-bill-before-mo-house-committee A House committee heard testimony Wednesday evening on legislation that would abolish the death penalty in Missouri. The bill would also commute sentences… Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:44:20 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-03-21/death-penalty-abolition-bill-before-mo-house-committee Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2012-01-27/bill-to-abolish-death-penalty-filed-in-mo-house Legislation has been filed in the Missouri House that would abolish the death penalty.If the bill becomes law, any pending executions in Missouri would be… Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:20:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-01-27/bill-to-abolish-death-penalty-filed-in-mo-house Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2010-12-05/commentary-agonizing-over-the-death-penalty This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 5, 2010 - Illinois' 10-year moratorium on executions has kept us from killing the wrongly… Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:21:11 GMT /government-politics-issues/2010-12-05/commentary-agonizing-over-the-death-penalty