Less than one week remains before the scheduled execution of Lance Shockley at 6 pm on October 14, 2025. Shockley was convicted of the murder of Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham, a Missouri State Trooper. The Missouri Catholic Conference has submitted a letter to the...
October 1 marks the first day of Respect Life Month. Celebrated each October in the U.S. Catholic Church, Respect Life Month is an invitation to reflect more deeply on the God-given dignity of all human life. During this month, Catholics across the United States...
The Missouri Catholic Conference’s Legislative Counsel, Curt Wichmer, recently met with Emmjolee Mendoza-Waters, Director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network’s (CMN) Death Penalty Abolition Program, on the MCC from the Capitol Podcast. Topics of discussion included an...
On June 24th, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the execution of Lance Shockley to occur at 6 pm on October 14th, 2025. Shockley was convicted for the March 20th, 2005, murder of a Missouri State Trooper, Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham, in Van Buren, MO. Shockley filed...
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...
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...