Missouri’s peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row. After reaching a height of 98 U.S. executions in 1999, the annual number hasn’t topped 30 since 2014.

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed Tuesday in the 1998 fatal stabbing of a former reporter maintains his innocence and that he's never been forensically linked to the killing ...

A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri 's status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

Missouri’s death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has eight. Dec 16, 2024, 8:55 AM. FILE - Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, ...

Missouri’s peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row. After reaching a height of 98 U.S. executions in 1999, the annual number hasn’t topped 30 since 2014.

LOUIS — Missouri 's status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates Missouri's death row had nearly 100 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri 's status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

Missouri’s peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row. After reaching a height of 98 U.S. executions in 1999, the annual number hasn’t topped 30 since 2014.