Opponents of the death penalty protest in 2023 outside the Missouri Supreme Court building against the execution of Amber McLaughlin, the last person in Missouri to have been executed after being ...

HOUSTON (AP) -- The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states, including Alabama, which became the first state to use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four men are set to be executed in the U.S. this week as the nation experiences the single busiest month for the death penalty in ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --Missouri on Tuesday executed its first death-row inmate of this year, killing Lance Shockley for the 2005 murder of a state highway patrol officer. Shockley, 48, died by lethal ...

During Lance Shockley's final moments in Missouri's execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser. A few years earlier, the U.S.

Rejecting calls for mercy from opponents of the death penalty, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Monday that Lance Shockley's execution will be carried out as planned at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The execution ...

Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...

Four men are set to be executed in the U.S. this week as the nation experiences the single busiest month for the death penalty in nearly 15 years. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Missouri and Florida are ...

Missouri denied condemned men their chosen spiritual advisers despite Ramirez ruling. Missouri kept 2013 execution protocols and hasn't updated them after Ramirez. Advocates say denials violate rights ...