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Missouri man who maintains his innocence will be executed for killing a state trooper

truenewj8 months ago04 mins

A Missouri man will be executed Tuesday for fatally shooting a state trooper more than 20 years ago. Lance Shockley was convicted of killing Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. in March 2005. Prosecutors say Shockley waited for hours near the officer’s home in Van Buren in southeastern Missouri before shooting him…

Five executions in eight days. Why the death penalty is increasingly used

truenewj8 months ago05 mins

Thirty-four men have been executed by court order in the United States this year, and eight more are scheduled before it closes, five of whom will die in the next eight days. This year’s total already far exceeds the 25 executions carried out last year. It could mark the highest figure since 2012, when 43…