lethal injection

A diverse group of people tried to stop Dorsey’s execution, but both the courts and Gov. Mike Parson declined to halt his death sentence.

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023, according to the Death Penalty Information Center says. Four of those happened in Missouri, including the first known execution of an openly transgender woman. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, becomes the first openly transgender woman to be executed in the U.S.

Despite the increasing difficulty of obtaining drugs for lethal injection, states like Missouri keep killing death row inmates. The result: botched executions and increased secrecy.

Barely one month after Kevin Johnson, another St. Louis County defendant is scheduled to be executed.

The death row inmate, who had brain surgery, claims that death by lethal injection would cause severe and painful seizures. The court refused to hear his plea over dissent from the liberal justices.

Updated Jan. 31, 9:34 p.m. - The state of Missouri has carried out its first execution since May of 2016. According to a statement from the Department...

A legal challenge to Missouri’s execution protocol brought by four taxpayers has been rejected by the Missouri Court of Appeals.In a decision Tuesday, the…

The Missouri Department of Corrections purposely violated the state’s Sunshine Law when it refused to turn over records revealing the suppliers of lethal…

Missouri must disclose the names of the pharmacy from which it buys lethal injection drugs, a circuit court judge has ruled in yet another case…

Updated 9 a.m. Tuesday with news of Supreme Court's action - The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge by Missouri death row inmates to the state...

The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the use of midazolam as part of the execution protocol in Oklahoma. The same drug had been used — and challenged —...