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Year of Reenactment
(since 1972 suspension) |
1975 | |
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Year of First Execution
(since reenactment) |
1989 | |
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History
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1866-1936: hanging |
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Current Method
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Inmate choice of lethal injection or lethal gas. | |
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Missouri has life without parole. A jury decides the sentence. The Governor is required by statute to get a non-binding recommendation from the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole before granting or denying clemency in a death penalty case.
In August of 2003 Joseph Amrine was cleared of all charges and released after seventeen years on death row for the murder of a fellow inmate after three witnesses recanted, stating they received protection in exchange for their testimony. There was no physical evidence linking Amrine to the crime.