Summary
- David Hosier, a 69-year-old man, was executed in Missouri for the 2009 murders of a couple, despite his claims of innocence.
- Hosier maintained his innocence and criticized his lawyers for not prioritizing his innocence claim, pointing out the lack of DNA evidence at the crime scene.
- Missouri Governor Mike Parson rejected Hosier’s clemency petition, which focused on Hosier’s traumatic childhood and offered a plea deal for life in prison without parole at one point.
- This execution comes after the widely criticized lethal injection of another death row inmate in Missouri in April.
