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Kehoe Denies Clemency as Missouri Sets Tuesday Execution for Lance Shockley

A pending federal challenge over his requested spiritual adviser could still affect the timing.

FILE - Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol salute the body of fellow officer Sgt. Carl ''Dewayne'' Graham Jr., after funeral services March 24, 2005, in Dexter, Mo. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce, File)
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Overview

  • Shockley is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
  • Gov. Mike Kehoe rejected clemency on Monday, emphasizing the trooper’s killing and multiple state and federal rulings that left the conviction and sentence in place.
  • Prosecutors say Shockley waited near Sgt. Carl DeWayne Graham Jr.’s home in 2005 and shot him with a rifle and shotgun as he returned; Shockley has maintained his innocence.
  • A judge imposed the death sentence after a jury deadlocked on punishment, a Missouri practice that defense lawyers and advocates argue is unfair.
  • Shockley’s lawyers asked the Eighth Circuit to let his ordained-minister daughter serve as his spiritual adviser and separately sought DNA testing in state court, with the latter not resulting in a stay.