Death Penalty

Despite possible or pending investigations into how the state carried out executions by the state auditor, the legislature, two state Boards of Pharmacy,…

Updated 1/14/14 4:43 pm with news of scheduled hearing and Speaker Tim Jones' response.Several state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how…

Missouri's new execution drug continues to spark controversy -- or, to be more precise, several controversies. The death penalty raises ethical, legal and…

Lawyers representing death row inmates have filed a complaint with the Missouri Board of Pharmacy, citing St. Louis Public Radio and the Beacon’s…

With just one more day left in the year, we took the opportunity to reflect on the top St. Louis news stories of 2013. St. Louis Public Radio and the…

In an investigation spanning the past few months, St. Louis Public Radio and the Beacon has discovered the state of Missouri may be ignoring its own laws…

Every week, St. Louis Public Radio’s Chris McDaniel joins the St. Louis Beacon’s Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about the week’s politics.We…

The state of Missouri carried out its first execution in nearly three years last week, after a delay caused by the need to develop new execution…

Update 7:52 a.m 11/20/13:Missouri carried out the execution of Joseph Paul Franklin a little after 6 a.m. He was put to death after courts overturned…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has refused to halt the execution of white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, calling his crime in Missouri a…