Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, left, traveled to the Capitol this week in support of a bill that ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Missouri’s lawmakers were forced to grapple with religion and morality as they debated a bill to abolish the death penalty Monday afternoon. For the first time in a decade ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri bill to end the death penalty is getting its first public hearing. House Bill 2153, introduced by State Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis), would remove the death ...

During Lance Shockley's final moments in Missouri's execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser. A few years earlier, the U.S.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Archbishop of St. Louis made a rare trip to the Missouri State Capitol Monday to testify in support of legislation that would abolish the state’s death penalty. “There are ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A new bill that seeks to abolish the death penalty in Missouri was heard in committee Monday. Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis, is bringing House Bill 2153 forward for the second year in ...

Missouri is one of two states where, if a jury is deadlocked on whether to sentence someone to death, the judge can issue the death penalty. The bill also establishes an automatic record-clearing ...