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Judges in Missouri can levy death if juries deadlock. Some say the law is unconstitutional
Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.
Louisiana attorney general wants death row executions sped up so victims' family members 'see justice'
Louisiana's chief legal officer is appealing to the state Supreme Court for the justices to develop a standard that would ...
A Missouri mother’s plea: ‘Without Medicaid, we would lose everything’
Courtney Leader has been closely following the contentious tax-and-spending debate in Washington – not that she cares much ...
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Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...
Louisiana Supreme Court asked to expedite executions for 5 death row inmates
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to expedite executions for five death row ...
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Mississippi is set to execute the state's longest-serving death row inmate
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.
A history of executions in Mississippi. How many? What methods? What we know
How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable executions? We have answers.
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Missouri's death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has 8 - Star Tribune
Missouri 's status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.
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Missouri’s death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has 8 - KTLA
Missouri’s peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row. After reaching a height of 98 U.S. executions in 1999, the annual number hasn’t topped 30 since 2014.