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 said clemency was denied after extensive state and federal review, framing the decision as support for law enforcement and the rule of law.
• Shockley’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Eighth Circuit to intervene after the Missouri DOC refused to allow his daughter to accompany him as a spiritual advisor in the execution chamber, which they say could delay the execution.
• A jury convicted Shockley of first-degree murder with three aggravating factors for the 2005 killing of MSHP Sgt. Carl DeWayne Graham Jr., who was investigating Shockley’s role in a fatal crash.
• Defense lawyers and anti-death-penalty advocates maintain Shockley’s innocence, cite trial errors and circumstantial evidence, and note a judge imposed death after jurors could not unanimously recommend it under Missouri law.