May 15, 2013
Missouri
- 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