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Newscast for August 14, 2012

Rehman Tungekar — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:44:19 +0000

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Schoeller discusses Speaker succession
Mo. Supreme Court declines to set execution dates
Missouri Republicans rally to start fall campaigns

Mo. Supreme Court declines to set execution dates

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:03:05 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to set execution dates for six condemned killers, saying doing so is "premature" until the courts decide if Missouri's new execution method passes constitutional muster.

Missouri first state to adopt propofol for executions

Jacob McCleland — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:30:10 +0000

The Missouri Department of Corrections will switch to propofol for all executions.

It’s is best known as the anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson.

Newscast for May 18, 2012

Ryan Famuliner — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:49:13 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

A wrap of of the legislators' final actions of the 2012 Missouri legislative session
Attorney General Chris Koster puts pressure on the MO Supreme Court to schedule executions

Bill calls for review of comparative cost of death penalty

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:10 +0000

Democrat State Senator Joe Keaveny introduced Senate Bill 786 Monday, which would require state auditors to compare the cost of the death penalty with other sentences.