A man convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy and two other people in 2002 is scheduled to be put to death in what could be Missouri's last execution for some time.
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) — The man accused of killing a southeast Missouri store clerk could face the death penalty, if convicted. Twenty-one-year-old Deion Martin of Parma is charged with first-degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis area man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling a 17-year-old girl in 1989 could become the fifth person executed in Missouri in five months.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Corrections announced today that it has adopted a new one-drug execution protocol, using pentobarbital, which will be administered intravenously. This replaces propofol, which the department had intended to use in future executions. The change became necessary due to concerns about the use of propofol for this purpose.