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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear a challenge to Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol. The case could have direct impact on…
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A Cole County judge is considering whether the state of Missouri needs to make more information public about the way it performs executions.Judge Jon…
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Forty two years ago this week, St. Louis Public Radio began broadcasting from its home at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Coincidentally, those of…
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In a speech Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster expressed concern over the execution secrecy that his office has previously fought hard to…
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Two suits were filed Thursday in Jefferson City challenging Missouri officials for failing to disclose information about the drugs the state uses in…
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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…
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(Last updated Jan. 30, 2014)
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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…
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The American Civil Liberties Union hopes to block two executions in Missouri this fall by seeking to disqualify the anesthesiologist used by the…
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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…