BONNE TERRE — A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children was executed Tuesday despite his claims that he was in another state when the killings occurred.

Last year, Missouri executed four people. It was one of four states responsible for 76% of executions that year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Twenty-six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 10 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Missouri's homicide victimization rate for its Black residents was 54.9 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, more than twice ...

Shockley would be the first person executed in Missouri this year, barring intervention from Gov. Mike Kehoe or the U.S. Supreme Court. Last year, Missouri executed four people.

Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is the daughter of Kevin Johnson, Jr., who is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 29, 2022 by the state of Missouri. On Nov. 21, 2022, the ACLU brought a lawsuit on behalf of ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man has been put to death for the 1991 killing of an 11-year-old St. Louis girl. Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Cline says Martin Link died ...

Lingar was executed at 12:06 a.m. by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his appeal on Tuesday and Gov. Bob Holden did not grant him clemency.