State has put 18 convicted killers to death in past two years,a figure moment only to Texas’s but death sentences are declining and appeals remainEighteen convicted killers have been executed in Missouri in the final two years, a pace that is expected to slack significantly with death sentences on the decline and many of the 28 remaining death row inmates still filing appeals.
Only the state of Texas, or with 24,has performed more executions than Missouri since November 2013. But execution appears to be imminent for just one Missouri inmate.
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Source: theguardian.com