Missouri’s first prison nursery program welcomed its first baby last week. Baby Dawson is the first infant to join the new program at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correction Center in Vandalia. According to a post by the Missouri Department of...
In keeping with a promise he made during the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump issued pardons for 23 pro-life activists on Thursday, one day before the March for Life 2025. The activists had been arrested for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic...
Closing out the final pending clemency petitions of his administration, Governor Mike Parson granted 16 pardons and approved nine commutations. Click here for the list. In addition to granting 16 pardons and nine commutations, Governor Parson denied 23 clemency...
Monday, December 2 marked the first day Missouri legislators could file bills for the 2025 legislative session. Legislators wasted no time, filing over 900 bills in the first days of pre-filing. This number represents nearly one-fourth of all the bills filed in 2024....
At 6 p.m. on December 3, 2024, the state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings for the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford. Prior to his execution, Collings issued a final statement in which he accepted the situation and apologized to those he had...
Less than two weeks remain before the scheduled execution of Christopher Collings at 6 pm on December 3rd, 2024. Collings was convicted in 2012 of the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford in Stella, Missouri. After initially giving noncommittal answers to...
In August, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the execution of Christopher Collings to occur at 6 pm on December 3rd, 2024. Collings was convicted in 2012 of the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford in Stella, Missouri. After initially giving noncommittal...
On October 10th, we commemorated World Day Against the Death Penalty — a day where people around the globe unite their voices to call for the abolition of capital punishment. Every year on this day, communities host prayer vigils, press conferences, and educational...
At 6 p.m. on September 24, 2024, the state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle. The execution occurred after Williams’ continual insistence of his innocence and sizable outcry from the general public. On the day of the...
With the court’s rejection of his innocence claim, Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on September 24 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, despite maintaining his innocence throughout the process of his legal defense. Though the prospect of an evidentiary...