Missouri bid to end judge-imposed death sentences faces Senate roadblock

By: Steph Quinn

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 1,215

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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A bipartisan push to end a Missouri law allowing judges to impose the death penalty when jurors can’t agree has moved further through the legislature this year than at any point in at least a decade. But opposition from Senate leaders makes it unlikely to pass.

Missouri and Indiana are the only states that allow judges to choose the death penalty when a jury is deadlocked in a first-degree murder case. Most other states default …

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