Entries tagged with “Lance Shockley”
Upcoming Executions
,Oct 14, 2025
Missouri Governor Denies Clemency for Lance Shockley Despite Broad Bipartisan Support for Commutation of His Death Sentence
*Update: Mr. Shockley was executed by lethal injection on October 14. He was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m.* Yesterday, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe denied clemency to Lance Shockley, who is scheduled for execution today at 6 p.m. However, a recent survey found that Missouri voters, by a bipartisan two-thirds majority, would prefer to see Mr. Shockley’s death sentence commuted. Dr. Nicholas Scurich of the University of California, Irvine, found that 65% of the 440…
Executions
Botched Executions
,Oct 08, 2025
Upcoming Executions Illustrate Persistent Themes and Concerns Around the Death Penalty
**October 9, 2025 UPDATE****: On October** **9****,** **2025****, just a week before his scheduled execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (****CCA****) granted** **Robert Roberson** **a stay of execution and remanded his case to the district court for further consideration of his request for relief based upon relief offered in a similar case,** ***Ex parte Roark******.*** **Like Mr. Roberson’s case,** ***Ex parte Roark*****, also involved a conviction based the now…
Apr 15, 2025
United States Supreme Court Denies Review for Death-Sentenced Missouri Man Whose Jury Foreman Was Removed for Bias
On March 31, the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of Lance Shockley of Missouri, the 36th death-sentenced person to be denied certiorari by the Court this year. At trial, Mr. Shockley’s jury foreman was removed before the sentencing phase based on evidence of serious bias — but Mr. Shockley’s attorney declined the opportunity to question the foreman or other jurors about the misconduct, and his conviction, which the foreman participated in, was allowed to…