by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
Missouri’s Attorney General has issued a statement following the execution early this morning of Jeffrey Ferguson at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. In the statement, Chris Koster says, “More than two decades have...
by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
A convicted inmate has been executed for the 1989 murder of a St. Louis County teenager. The Missouri Department of Public Safety reports 59-year-old Jeffrey Ferguson has died by a lethal injection of pentobarbital at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional...
by Mike Lear | Mar 25, 2014 | News
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has denied a petition for clemency for convicted inmate Jeffrey Ferguson. Ferguson is scheduled to be executed shortly after midnight for the 1989 murder of Kelli Hall. Nixon issued the following statement to the media: “Earlier today, I...
by Mike Lear | Mar 25, 2014 | Legislature, News
Hours before the scheduled execution of convicted inmate Jeffrey Ferguson, the state House has rejected an attempt to change how the Department of Corrections pays for executions. Department Director George Lombardi testfied to a House Committee in February that all...
by Mike Lear | Mar 10, 2014 | News
In the days after Michael Taylor was executed for his part in the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 1989, the state is working to lift barriers to the execution of his accomplice. Taylor and Roderick Nunley participated in the abduction of Ann Harrison and her...
