By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Once one of the most active death penalty states in the U.S., Missouri carried out its first execution in nearly three years… Read more »
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Mo. looks at other states’ death penalty methods
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — In deciding to not be the first in the nation to use the anesthetic propofol for capital punishment, Gov. Jay Nixon left Missouri… Read more »
Mo. governor halts execution
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday halted what was to have been the first U.S. execution to use the popular anesthetic propofol, following… Read more »