Missouri

Missouri Assessment on the Death Penalty

• Executive Summary of the Missouri Death Penalty Assessment Report (in PDF) (in Microsoft Word)
• Missouri Death Penalty Assessment Report
• Errata Sheet for the Missouri Death Penalty Assessment Report
• Compliance Charts: Missouri's Compliance with the ABA Protocols
• Missouri Assessment Team on the Death Penalty Biographies

Missouri Assessment Team on the Death Penalty

The assessment is conducted by a state-based team responsible for collecting and analyzing various laws, rules, procedures, standards, and guidelines relating to the administration of capital punishment in Missouri. It is the Missouri Assessment Team’s responsibility to determine whether the state is in compliance with the ABA Protocols and make any other additional recommendations it feels are needed to improve the fairness and accuracy of Missouri ’s death penalty system. The Missouri Assessment Team is comprised of the following individuals (bios forthcoming):

• Professor Stephen C. Thaman, Co-Chair
  St. Louis University
  School of Law
  St. Louis, MO
• Professor Paul Litton, Co-Chair
  University of Missouri - Columbia
  School of Law
  Columbia, MO
• Douglas A. Copeland
  Copeland Thompson Farris PC
  St. Louis, MO
• Dee Joyce-Hayes
  Bi-State Development Agency "Metro"
  Former Circuit Attorney, St. Louis City
  St. Louis, MO
• Hon. Nanette Laughrey
  Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
  Jefferson City, MO
• Hon. Stephen Limbaugh, Jr.
  Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
  Cape Girardeau, MO
• Hon. Hal Lowenstein
  Missouri Court of Appeals (Retired)
  Armstrong Teasdale
  Kansas City, MO
• Professor Rodney Uphoff
  University of Missouri - Columbia
  School of Law
  Columbia, MO