Missouri
state, United States
Recent News
Sep. 26, 2024, 2:11 PM ET (AP)
There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades
Sep. 25, 2024, 6:27 PM ET (AP)
A Missouri man has been executed for a 1998 murder. Was he guilty or innocent?
Sep. 24, 2024, 9:01 PM ET (AP)
Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life
Sep. 23, 2024, 7:35 PM ET (AP)
Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing
Sep. 18, 2024, 3:41 PM ET (AP)
NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week
Missouri, constituent state of the United States of America. To the north lies Iowa; across the Mississippi River to the east, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; to the south, Arkansas; and to the west, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. With the exception of Tennessee, Missouri has more neighbouring states than any other U.S. state. Bisecting the state is the Missouri River, flowing from Kansas City in the west, through the state’s capital, Jefferson City, in the centre, to just above St. Louis in the east, where it joins the Mississippi. Missouri was the name of a group of indigenous people who lived ...(100 of 7030 words)