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Missouri man who maintains innocence set to be executed for killing state trooper
- Governor Mike Kehoe rejected clemency for Lance Shockley, scheduling his execution Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Missouri Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
- At the time, Lance Shockley ambushed and murdered Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Carl DeWayne Graham Jr. while Graham investigated Jeffrey Bayless's manslaughter case in 2005.
- Judges and appeals courts later found Lance Shockley was unanimously convicted of first-degree murder with three aggravating factors, with the Missouri Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court upholding the conviction.
- Kehoe described the killing as an assault on the rule of law and said carrying out the sentence shows Missouri law enforcement support and justice for Graham's family.
- Critics and former officials argued last week that the trial was 'marred with errors,' citing untested DNA evidence, according to Heidi Moore and Mary Fox.
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Missouri man who maintains innocence set to be executed for killing state trooper
A Missouri man is set to be executed for killing a state trooper over 20 years ago. Prosecutors say Lance Shockley waited for hours near the trooper's home before shooting him.
·United States
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Governor denies clemency to a man sentenced to death by a Missouri judge
Opponents of the death penalty protest in 2023 outside the Missouri Supreme Court building against the execution of Amber McLaughlin, the last person in Missouri to have been executed after being sentenced to death by a judge (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).Gov. Mike Kehoe denied clemency Monday to Lance Shockley, a man sentenced to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday, citing Shockley’s unanimous conviction by jury for the 2005 murder of Missouri S…
·St. Louis, United States
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