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List Of People Executed In Missouri
This is a list of people executed in Missouri following the 1976 Supreme Court decision in ''Gregg v. Georgia'' that allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. List of people executed in Missouri since 1976 Since 1989, a total of 101 people were executed by the State of Missouri. All were convicted of first-degree murder and all were executed by lethal injection, although Gas chamber, lethal gas remains a legal method of execution. Before April 1989, all executions were carried out at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Between April 1989 and March 2005, executions were carried out at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri, Mineral Point. Since April 2005, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, Bonne Terre. A condemned inmate and convicted double killer from Missouri, Lewis Eugene Gilbert, was exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg V
Gregg may refer to: People * Gregg (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Gregg (surname), including a list of people with the surname Places * Gregg, Missouri, U.S. * Gregg County, Texas, U.S. * Gregg River, Alberta, Canada * Gregg Seamount, one of the New England Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean * Gregg Township (other), three townships in the United States Other uses * Gregg shorthand, a system of shorthand named after creator John Robert Gregg See also * Greggs (other) * ''Gregg v. Georgia'', a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision * ''Gregg v Scott'', an English tort law case {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph County, Missouri
Randolph County is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,716. Its county seat is Huntsville. The county was organized January 22, 1829, and named for U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Randolph County comprises the Moberly, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Moberly-Mexico, Missouri Combined Statistical Area. History Randolph County was primarily settled by migrants from the Upper Southern states, especially Kentucky and Tennessee. They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Randolph was one of several counties settled mostly by Southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River. Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as Little Dixie, and Randolph County was at its heart. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, Missouri
Jefferson County is located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 226,739, making it the sixth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Hillsboro. The county was organized in 1818 and named in honor of former president Thomas Jefferson. In 1980, according to the U.S. census held that year, the county contained the mean center of U.S. population. Notably, this was the first census in which the center of population was west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson County is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area and encompasses many of the city's southern suburbs. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. The county's eastern border is the Mississippi River. Adjacent counties * St. Louis County (north) * Monroe County, Illinois (east) * Ste. Genevieve County (southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole County, Missouri
Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. Its county seat and largest city is Jefferson City, the state capital. The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named after pioneer William Temple Cole who built Cole's Fort in Boonville. Cole County is in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is south of the Missouri River. In 2010, the center of the population of Missouri was in Cole County, near the village of Wardsville. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.0%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in Missouri by area. Adjacent counties * Boone County (north) * Callaway County (northeast) * Osage County (southeast) * Miller County (southwest) * Moniteau County (northwest) Major highways * U.S. Route 50 * U.S. Route 54 * U.S. Route 63 * Route 17 * Route 179 Demographics As of the census o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platte County, Missouri
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. The county was organized December 31, 1838, from the Platte Purchase, named for the Platte River. (''Platte'' is derived from the French word for a low, shallow, or intermittent stream.) The Kansas City International Airport is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water. The county's southwestern border with Kansas is formed by the Missouri River. Adjacent counties * Buchanan County (north) * Clinton County (northeast) * Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay County, Missouri
Clay County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 253,335, making it the fifth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was organized January 2, 1822, and named in honor of U.S. Representative Henry Clay from Kentucky, later a member of the United States Senate and United States Secretary of State. Clay County contains many of the area's northern suburbs, along with a portion of the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It also owns and operates the Midwest National Air Center in Excelsior Springs. History Clay County was settled primarily from migrants from the Upper Southern states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Clay was one of several counties settled mostly by Southerners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler County, Missouri
Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 42,130. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially organized from Wayne County on February 27, 1849, and is named after former U.S. Representative William O. Butler ( D-Kentucky), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849. Butler County comprises the Poplar Bluff, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Adjacent counties * Wayne County (north) * Stoddard County (northeast) * Dunklin County (southeast) * Clay County, Arkansas (south) * Ripley County (west) * Carter County (northwest) Major highways * * ** * ** * * * * National protected area *Mark Twai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert O'Neal (murderer)
Robert Earl O'Neal Jr. (September 25, 1961 – December 6, 1995) was an American white supremacist and convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Missouri for the February 1984 murder of Arthur Dade, a 34-year-old black American man. O'Neal, who was serving a life sentence for the robbery and murder of 78-year-old Ralph Roscoe Sharick, stabbed Dade to death at the Missouri State Penitentiary. For the latter murder, O'Neal was sentenced to death and executed in 1995 at the Potosi Correctional Center via lethal injection. O'Neal is notable for being the only white person to be executed for killing a black person in the history of modern Missouri. Murders Ralph Roscoe Sharick On July 6, 1979, O'Neal and his accomplice, John E. Boggs, broke into the home of Doctor J. Larry Dowell in Strafford, Missouri. While burglarizing the home, Dowell's father-in-law, 78-year-old Ralph Roscoe Sharick, who lived in a trailer home behind the house, entered the property after hearing a dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony LaRette
Anthony Joe LaRette Jr. (October 1, 1951 – November 29, 1995) was an American serial killer and rapist. Convicted of one murder in St. Charles, Missouri in 1980, he later confessed to thirty-one murders in eleven states dating back to the late 1960s, fifteen of which were closed based on information provided by him. Sentenced to death for his sole conviction, LaRette was executed in 1995. Murders In August 1976, LaRette, posing as "Mike Watson," registered in two separate motels while staying in Marathon, Florida. On August 20, he broke into the home of 26-year-old Jeanette "Mickey" Wade, who had just returned from work. After realizing she had come back, he confronted the woman in the kitchen and stabbed her multiple times before finally cutting her throat. LaRette then left the scene and hitchhiked out of the city, and despite a witness providing a description, he was not caught. Three days later, now in St. Petersburg, he noticed 52-year-old Betty H. Brunton, an employee at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Griffin
Larry Griffin (September 23, 1954 – June 21, 1995) was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Quintin Moss in St. Louis, Missouri on the afternoon of June 26, 1980. Moss was killed in a drive-by shooting while allegedly dealing drugs on a street corner. Death Appeals courts upheld his conviction and death sentence. Griffin was executed by lethal injection on June 21, 1995. Griffin maintained his innocence right up to his execution. Re-opened investigation After Griffin's execution, a 2005 post-execution investigation was sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. This NAACP investigation raised doubts about the conviction (specifically as to the shooter's identity), and subsequently caused an investigation by the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney's Office. The St. Louis City investigation ended in a finding that "the right person was convicted". See also * Capital punishment in Missouri * Capital punishment in the United States * List of people executed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 104,682. Its county seat is Union. The county was organized in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River. The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland, which extends on both sides of the Missouri River. History Occupied by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples, this area was populated by the historic Osage tribe at the time of European encounter. The region was first settled by Europeans during the rule of the Spanish Empire. The Spanish log fort ''San Juan del Misuri'' (1796–1803) was built in present-day Washington. After the American Revolutionary War, migrants from the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Execution Of Frederick Lashley
The execution of Frederick Lashley (March 10, 1964 – July 28, 1993) was carried out on July 28, 1993, at the Potosi Correctional Center in Missouri. Twelve years prior to his execution, on April 9, 1981, Lashley, who was then 17 years and one month old, murdered his 55-year-old ailing foster mother Janie Tracy (who was also his cousin) by battering her head with a cast iron skillet and lethally stabbing her in the head, and even stole $15 from her apartment. Lashley was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death on April 26, 1982, thus becoming the youngest person in Missouri to be sentenced to death. The conviction and death sentence of Lashley garnered significant attention, mainly due to the fact that he was 17 at the time of the murder. His lawyers argued that he should not be executed for killing his foster mother, mainly due to his young age and that he committed the crime while allegedly under the influence of drugs. Additionally, the arising concerns about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |