by Mike Lear | Jan 14, 2014 | 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 13, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Death penalty opponents and attorneys representing condemned men say the Missouri Department of Corrections is keeping too many secrets and could be breaking state law in the way it’s obtaining drugs to carry out lethal injections. The State Auditor’s...
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,...
