Crime & Justice

Missouri Dems Call Death Penalty ‘Lynching’ in Last-Ditch Bid to Stop Execution

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Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Cori Bush have joined advocates in calling on Gov. Mike Parson to halt the upcoming execution of a man convicted of triple murder.

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Missouri Democratic lawmakers have joined the chorus of voices urging Gov. Mike Parson to stop the upcoming execution of a death row inmate missing a fifth of his brain and widely believed to be intellectually disabled.

“The fact of the matter is that these death sentences are not about justice,” Reps....

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