by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
Legislation has been introduced that would add the use of a firing squad to the methods of execution the state could use in carrying out the death penalty. The bill offered by Representative Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) would have the director of the department of...
by Mike Lear | Jan 14, 2014 | Legislature, News
Some state lawmakers want executions in Missouri put on hold until questions are answered about how they are being carried out. Representative John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) has proposed that an 11-member commission be appointed to study those same issues, and he wants...
by Mike Lear | Jan 13, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A House Committee that has investigated issues including the state’s role in a failed sucralose plant in Moberly and the Revenue Department’s handling of personal documents provided by applicants for Missouri driver’s licenses and concealed carry...
by Mike Lear | Jan 3, 2014 | Legislature, 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 | Jan 3, 2014 | Legislature, News
Two lawmakers who carried legislation dealing with the death penalty in 2013 are considering whether recent events would help or hinder such bills this year. Imperial representative Paul Wieland proposed in 2013 the repeal of the death penalty in Missouri. He thinks a...