Mo. may carry out more executions using new method

Thursday, November 21, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Once one of the most active death penalty states in the U.S., Missouri carried out its first execution in nearly three years Wednesday after turning to a compounding pharmacy to make the drug it needs for lethal injections.

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