By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Health care workers, medical groups and even a few patients pressured Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon before he halted what would have been… Read more »
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Missouri switches to new execution drug
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections said Tuesday it is switching to a new lethal injection drug, less than two weeks after the governor… 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 »
Mo. returning execution drug year after demand
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it will return a shipment of a common anesthetic it intended to use for executions,… Read more »
Governor: Europe won’t block 2 Mo. executions
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, Mo., AP) — Missouri will move ahead with two planned executions despite efforts in Europe to block a common anesthetic from being used in… Read more »