by Mike Lear | Jan 3, 2014 | News
A report by St. Louis Public Radio says the Department of Corrections obtained the drug used in the execution of Joseph Paul Franklin in November from a compounding pharmacy in Oklahoma that is not licensed in Missouri. At least one state lawmaker, Representative Paul...
by Mike Lear | Dec 31, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
The state Supreme Court has issued orders to four men sentenced to death to have presented to the Court their arguments why it shouldn’t set dates for their executions. The state Supreme Court has issued show cause orders to Roderick Nunley, Michael Taylor,...
by Jessica Machetta | Nov 18, 2013 | News
The Governor’s Office today released the following statement in a press release from Gov. Jay Nixon regarding his decision on the petition for clemency from Joseph P. Franklin: “Earlier today, I received from my counsel a final briefing on the petition for...
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 11, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The European Union had threatened to prohibit the shipment of the drug Propofol to the United States if Missouri and other states were to use the drug as a means of lethal injections in executions. The drug, which the public recognizes as the anesthetic that Michael...
