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Despite intense public pressure, on Tuesday evening, the State of Missouri went ahead with its first execution of 2024. The family of the deceased, and advocates for more humane alternatives to the death penalty, say there needs to be a better solution.
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Ernest Johnson is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday
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Ernest Johnson is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Advocates, Missouri lawmakers and even Pope Francis had urged Parson to grant him clemency.
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A move to abolish the death penalty in the Show-Me State is getting a hearing before a Missouri Senate committee. Senate Bill 816 is sponsored by Sen....
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Fewer prisoners were executed in 2014 in the United States than in any year for the last two decades. Thirty-five executions were performed throughout the…
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Missouri’s next scheduled execution is being challenged in court. Russell Bucklew is scheduled to be executed next Wednesday for the 1997 murder of…