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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The Travel Channel show "Ghost Adventures" explored the Missouri State Penitentiary for an upcoming episode.

Friday, September 28, 2012  A manufacturer of the anesthetic blamed for Michael Jackson's overdose death says it won't allow the drug to be sold for use in executions.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider setting an execution date for a white supremacist convicted of murder.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Counting down, US inmate nears execution in policeman's killing despite pleas in Europe.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Texas executes Mexican who said he should have gotten consulate help; White House sought stay

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Some states are changing the sedative in their death penalty after the current drug supply dried up.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Missouri has executed someone for the first time in nearly two years.

Saturday, January 29, 2011  Missouri is just one of the 35 states with capital punishment that an Associated Press review found found to be running out run out of a key lethal injection drug or already have.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  Update: lingering questions remain about why Nixon commuted a death sentence for a 45-year-old inmate.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010  Update: Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 6:34 p.m. After winning various appeals, a death row inmate’s execution stay was extended until January 2011.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The Missouri Supreme Court said it won't delay this month's scheduled execution of a convicted killer from Kansas City.

Friday, September 24, 2010  For the first time in nearly a century, Virginia has put a woman to death.

Friday, June 18, 2010  UPDATED with AP video. The 49-year-old Gardner was shot by a team of five anonymous marksmen with a matched set of .30-caliber rifles early Friday. A barrage of bullets tore into Gardner's chest where a target was pinned over his heart.

Monday, June 14, 2010  A state parole board on Monday unanimously denied clemency to a condemned Utah man scheduled to be executed by firing squad.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010  Attorney General Chris Koster asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to schedule executions for Joseph Franklin and Allen Nicklasson.