For years, the Missouri Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals, for ...

After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time.

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The annual number of death row inmates executed in the U.S. is set to nearly double by the end of this year. In 2024, 25 ...

Lethal injection is tainted with error, ineptitude and secrecy that's led to many botched executions and unnecessary ...

A Missouri man who was convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper 20 years ago was executed Tuesday. Lance Shockley, 48, died by lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. at the state prison in Bonne ...

This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on ...