Death Penalty

A month ago, St. Louis Public Radio reported on the questionable manner in which the state of Missouri got ahold of its potential execution drug. Now…

On Friday, Governor Jay Nixon postponed the execution of an inmate that was set for later this month. That execution was going to be carried out using…

Last updated 1:30 p.m. Will be updated further.Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has responded to the recent controversy surrounding the execution drug propofol…

Updated 10/9/2013 6:42The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced that it will be returning some of its propofol to its supplier, as the company…

Updated at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9, to correct errors in our interview.In the next two months, the state of Missouri plans to use the drug…

The American Civil Liberties Union hopes to block two executions in Missouri this fall by seeking to disqualify the anesthesiologist used by the…

Attorney General Chris Koster says Missouri may have to resort to using the gas chamber to carry out death sentences as an "unintended consequence" of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 5, 2013: This last month has seen a surge in stories about the death penalty: the Boston bomber…

Missouri death row inmate Reginald Clemons says detective interrogators beat him so badly he admitted to raping two sisters who were pushed to their…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 23, 2012 - Several death row inmates filed a lawsuit recently saying that the drugs they would…