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Their dads were on Missouri's death row. They faced goodbyes, executions and 'living in grief'

Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...
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‘A window to the outside’: 3 death row pen pals reflect on their relationships with inmates

Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs. Sometimes the correspondence ends after a few letters. Other times, it lasts ...
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What it's like to live on death row

There are approximately 2,900 prisoners currently experiencing life on death row. The death penalty is a legal option in 31 ...
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Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
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Their dads were on death row in Missouri. Here's how they faced goodbyes & grief

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project - St. Louis, a nonprofit news team covering Missouri's criminal justice systems. Subscribe to their email list, and follow on ...