A group of Missourians against the death penalty is asking Governor Mike Kehoe to change his mind about an impending ...

Time is running out for 44-year-old Lance Shockley. He’s scheduled to die by lethal injection tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Missouri law allowed a judge to sentence Shockley to death in 2009 even after a jury deadlocked and couldn’t decide on the ...

One day before the scheduled execution of a Missouri man convicted of killing a state trooper two decades ago, Gov. Mike ...

Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

Even though the jury that convicted him could not reach agreement on his death sentence, a man is set to be put to death next ...

The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has rescheduled the execution of Lisa Montgomery, a convicted murderer and the only woman on federal death row, to take place on Jan. 12, a few days before Joe Biden is ...

The two lead lawyers for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to delay Montgomery's execution next month because they have contracted COVID-19 after ...

Executions have been carried out this year in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South ...

In 2002, Robert Roberson’s chronically ill 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, was sick with a high fever and, he said, suffered a ...