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

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 ambushed in his driveway.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shockley is scheduled to die by lethal injection a week from today. He was convicted in the 2005 murder of Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Petitioners today ask for DNA ...

Silently marching into the governor’s office, Missourians advocating for the pardon of Lance Shockley turned in 31,000 ...

Silently marching into the governor’s office, Missourians advocating for the pardon of Lance Shockley turned in 31,000 ...