The Death Penalty in Missouri

How Missouri law treats death penalty, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Missouri has the death penalty in law. First-degree murder (knowingly causing a death after deliberation) is a class A felony punished, for an offender 18 or older, by either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole (release only by act of the governor); RSMo §§ 565.020, 546.720

Death penalty	Missouri has the death penalty in law. First-degree murder (knowingly causing a death after deliberation) is a class A felony punished, for an offender 18 or older, by either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole (release only by act of the governor); offenders under 18 are sentenced under § 565.033. The statute sets the method of execution as lethal gas or lethal injection, carried out by the Department of Corrections. Method: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=546.720 Source: RSMo §§ 565.020, 546.720

Death penalty

Missouri has the death penalty in law. First-degree murder (knowingly causing a death after deliberation) is a class A felony punished, for an offender 18 or older, by either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole (release only by act of the governor); offenders under 18 are sentenced under § 565.033. The statute sets the method of execution as lethal gas or lethal injection, carried out by the Department of Corrections.

Method: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=546.720

Source: RSMo §§ 565.020, 546.720

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