“We will continue pursuing every possible option to prevent Mr. Williams’ wrongful execution," Bushnell said. "There is still ...

The lethal injection of Christopher Collings on Dec. 3 left just eight men on death row — a figurative term since condemned Missouri inmates are housed with other prisoners. By contrast ...

Facing an execution date of March 13, time is short. USA TODAY Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down ...

Last August, the Supreme Court refused to halt the execution of another man on Missouri’s death row, Johnny Johnson, who had argued he could not be put to death because a psychiatrist had diagnosed ...

A St. Louis area man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling a 17-year-old girl in 1989 could become the fifth person executed in Missouri in five months. Jeffrey Ferguson was scheduled to ...

Michael Tisius is scheduled to be executed in Missouri, USA, on 6 June 2023. He was sentenced to death for two murders committed on 22 June 2000. Now 42 years old, he was 19 at the time of the crime, ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Williams' execution would be the third in Missouri this year and the 100th since the state resumed executions in 1989. This marks the third time Williams has faced execution.

Missouri exonerees are only eligible for compensation if they're proven innocent through DNA evidence, leaving many wrongfully convicted people without any support once they leave prison.

He was paid $40,842 last year as a secretary for the Missouri State Public Defender, records show. His co-defendant, Christopher Collings, was executed in December after being convicted of Rowan ...

Missouri is failing its citizens. In most states, if someone is convicted of a crime they did not commit, they have a legal path to prove their innocence. Missouri, however, is one of the few states ...