Missouri has carried out a high number of executions over the past five decades, placing it among states with the most death penalty implementations. The state reinstated capital punishment in the 1970s.
Missouri has a high rate of executions since the state re-established capital punishment. The state ranks among those with the most death penalty implementations.
The return of the death penalty occurred 50 years ago in the 1970s. This period marks five decades of active capital punishment in Missouri.
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