Missouri set to execute Lance Shockley
Missouri inmate Lance Shockley, 48, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection after 6 p.m. CT Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for the 2005 ambush killing of Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Gov. Mike Kehoe denied clemency Monday, and the Missouri Supreme Court last week refused to stay the execution as Shockley’s attorneys seek DNA testing of untested evidence and challenge a DOC policy barring his daughter from serving as spiritual adviser.
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📌 Key Facts
- Clemency denied by Gov. Mike Kehoe; Missouri Supreme Court previously denied a stay tied to a DNA-testing request.
- Execution set for after 6 p.m. CT on Oct. 14, 2025, at the Bonne Terre state prison.
- Defense cites untested evidence and a spiritual-adviser dispute; state cites security rules and circumstantial evidence linking Shockley to the 2005 murder.