Missouri Department of Corrections

At 12:01 Wednesday morning, Missouri executed inmate Jeffrey Ferguson, marking the state's fifth execution in as many months. Ferguson was put to death...

Despite possible or pending investigations into how the state carried out executions by the state auditor, the legislature, two state Boards of Pharmacy...

Updated 1/14/14 4:43 pm with news of scheduled hearing and Speaker Tim Jones' response. Several state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into ho...

Updated 11:05 pm 12/11/13 Late Wednesday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a stay of execution for Missouri inmate Allen Nicklasson. Shortly later...

Update 7:52 a.m 11/20/13: Missouri carried out the execution of Joseph Paul Franklin a little after 6 a.m. He was put to death after courts overturned...

A month ago, St. Louis Public Radio reported on the questionable manner in which the state of Missouri got ahold of its potential execution drug. Now...

Updated 10/9/2013 6:42 The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced that it will be returning some of its propofol to its supplier, as the company

Governor Jay Nixon said Missouri will be moving forward with two executions later this year, in spite of objections from the American Civil Liberties Union