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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 ...
The Independent Florida Alligator

‘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 ...
KCCI Des Moines

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 ...

Elwood Jones files civil lawsuit against state, claiming wrongful imprisonment

Elwood Jones, the former death row inmate who had a murder case against him dismissed last year, has filed a civil lawsuit ...
Reuters

Indonesia to repatriate British death row prisoner on humanitarian grounds

JAKARTA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia and Britain agreed on Tuesday to repatriate a 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in the Southeast Asian country over drug-related offences, an ...
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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 ...