Governor Mike Parson confirmed that the State of Missouri will carry out the sentence of (Scott) Amber McLaughlin as ordered by the Supreme Court of Missouri on Tuesday.
Dustin Honken, 52, was sentenced to death for killing government informants and children in his effort to thwart his drug trafficking prosecution in 1993
An attorney for a man scheduled to be put to death in Missouri next month said that she has "very serious concerns" about the state's lethal injection method.
A Missouri inmate is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to spare his life because he says the execution drug could trigger severe pain and convulsions due to the remnants of a brain tumor and damage caused by surgery to remove it.
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.