Judges in Missouri Can Levy Death if Juries Deadlock. Some Say the Law Is Unconstitutional.
The Marshall Project
JUNE 26, 2025
Opening Statement Sign up for our daily newsletter covering the best in criminal justice news. In denying a stay for Kevin Johnson before he was executed in 2022, the court emphasized that the jury had found the aggravators, weighed them and decided on death.
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