Death Penalty Information Center

Updated at 7:45 p.m. with Barton's death Walter Barton was executed Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre . Barton is the first person to...

Fewer prisoners were executed in 2014 in the United States than in any year for the last two decades. Thirty-five executions were performed throughout the…

Missouri could soon become the first state to execute prisoners using the drug propofol. That’s the same anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson.…