{"id":374446,"date":"2016-03-31T21:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/missouri-law\/missouri-capital-punishment-laws.html"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:34:06","slug":"missouri-capital-punishment-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/missouri-law\/missouri-capital-punishment-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Capital Punishment Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Missouri Capital Punishment Laws<\/h1>\n
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Missouri is one of 27 states, including Texas and Florida that use the death penalty as a legal punishment. Typically, Missouri’s death penalty applies to first-degree murder<\/a> with one of 17 aggravating factors. Under Missouri law, treason, first-degree kidnapping, and placing a bomb near a car.<\/p>\r\n

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According to the Death Penalty Information Center<\/a>, Missouri’s use of the death penalty dates back to 1810, when Missouri hanged Peter Johnson for murder. Since 1810, the State of Missouri has executed over 380 people using the following methods of execution:<\/p>\r\n