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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set an execution date of Oct. 1 for Russell Bucklew, whose challenge to the state’s lethal injection method was...
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A narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Missouri death row inmate’s challenge to the state’s single-drug lethal injection method, finding...
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Missouri Supreme Court To Decide Whether A Part Of The State's Death Penalty Law Is UnconstitutionalThe Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the legality of one aspect of Missouri’s death penalty statute.
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Updated on Jan. 8 to clarify that there is an earlier plaque honoring another lynching victim in Missouri.Levi Harrington was lynched on April 3, 1882, in…
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A panel of five retired judges heard arguments Wednesday over whether new DNA evidence in the Marcellus Williams death penalty case is enough to exonerate…
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Updated March 21, 5:55 p.m. – Russell Bucklew's scheduled execution has been called off.In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay Tuesday…
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A federal appeals court has OK'd the execution of a Missouri man who suffers from a medical condition he says would make the lethal injection…
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St. Louis-based Centene Corporation found itself in a precarious situation this week when a BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered that a troubled…
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Updated Feb. 21 with St. Louis on the Air conversation with reporter Chris McDanielOriginal story from Feb. 20 — A BuzzFeed News investigation has found…
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Updated Dec. 18 at 5:10 p.m. with comments from attorneys for Clemons and former prosecutor Jennifer Joyce — A St. Louis man has admitted that he played a…