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  2. Capital punishment in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, the judge decides the sentence. [3] The power of clemency belongs to the Governor of Missouri after receiving a non-binding advice from the Board of Probation and Parole. [4]

  3. How does a pardon work in Missouri? Here’s what it may mean ...

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    In all three cases, the person in question has to be convicted of a state-level crime and sentenced to a punishment like jail or prison time, fines or another penalty.

  4. List of people executed in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of people executed in Missouri after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia , issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States.

  5. Missouri has a history of death penalty injustice. Stop ... - AOL

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    The state attorney general’s office is so zealous that it told the state Supreme Court one wrongly convicted man should be put to death even despite evidence that he’s innocent. Missouri has a ...

  6. Pointing to ‘flaw’ in Missouri death penalty, judges ask to ...

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    Seven retired Missouri judges have urged Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Amber McLaughlin, arguing that the death penalty was handed down “via a flaw in Missouri’s capital sentencing ...

  7. Murder in Missouri law - Wikipedia

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    For adult offenders, it is punished by either the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole unless the sentence is commuted by a governor. It is illegal in Missouri statute to give the death penalty for someone with an intellectual disability, in addition to it being illegal nationwide since 2002. For juvenile ...

  8. Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri ...

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    A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution for a Missouri inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of two jailers. Michael Tisius, 42, was ...

  9. Missouri ‘an outlier state’ in using death penalty. Only 4 ...

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    According to a Gallup poll, a majority of people now believe the death penalty is applied unfairly. Fifty-three percent said they still support the death penalty, down from 60% a decade ago.