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ST. LOUIS — Missouri ‘s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute. The lethal injection of ...

An Oklahoma pharmacy has agreed not to provide Missouri with a made-to-order drug for an inmate's execution scheduled for later this month, according to court documents filed Monday.

For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri's death row. He's watched a steady stream of his friends get marched off to their executions — and he's waiting for his own as ...

For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri’s death row. He’s watched a steady stream of his friends get marched off to their executions — and he’s waiting for his own as ...