JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Of the 24 executions carried out in the United States in 2023, four of them took place in Missouri. Some state lawmakers are pushing to do away with the death penalty.
There is one execution scheduled in Missouri this year so far, but support is growing on both sides of the aisle to abolish capital punishment, saying the government should not be allowed to take a life and that it’s costly to taxpayers.
“We’re seeing finally the willingness to have a discussion about this within the Republican Party, both behind the scenes and now finally in public,” Rep. Tony Lovasco, R-O’Fallon, said. “We need to search for other ways to disincentivize crime and keep our streets safe than by using the overall force of government to take people’s lives.”
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.
(Story by Megan Mueller, Emily Manley, ozarksfirst.com)
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