Missouri Executes Prisoners at High Rate Among Death Penalty States

Missouri has executed prisoners at a high rate in the 50 years since death penalty's return

Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.

The Marshall Project Analysis Finds Missouri Executes at One of the Nation’s Highest Rates

Missouri has car­ried out exe­cu­tions at one of the high­est rates of any state since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment to resume 50 years ago, accord­ing to a new analy­sis of death sen­tences issued between 1972 and 2025. *The Marshall Project*, draw­ing on data com­piled by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor Frank Baumgartner and the Death Penalty Information Center, found that Missouri has exe­cut­ed m…

Missouri Executes Prisoners at High Rate Among Death Penalty States

Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.