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Missouri Set to Execute Lance Shockley Amid DNA Controversy

10/14/2025

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Lance Shockley, 48, is scheduled for Missouri execution on Tuesday for the 2005 murder of state trooper Sergeant Carl Graham.
His conviction rests on circumstantial evidence, including a red car near Graham's home and bullet fragments matching his uncle's property.
His attorneys say DNA evidence has not been tested.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe denied Shockley's clemency.
If executed, Shockley would be Missouri's first death this year.

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Lance Shockley, 48, is scheduled for Missouri execution on Tuesday for the 2005 murder of state trooper Sergeant Carl Graham.
His conviction rests on circumstantial evidence, including a red car near Graham's home and bullet fragments matching his uncle's property.
His attorneys say DNA evidence has not been tested.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe denied Shockley's clemency.
If executed, Shockley would be Missouri's first death this year.