Missouri
State update
Link to Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (MADP)
Link to death penalty statute
Link to execution statute
Date death penalty reenacted
September 28, 1975
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
No
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Mineral Point (Women: Fulton)
Clemency process
Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
In the past, executions in Missouri have taken place around 12 am
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
3
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Clarence Richard Dexter, 1999
- Eric Clemmons, 2000
- Joseph Amrine, 2003
