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Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for man convicted of murdering a MSHP Trooper

The Missouri House of Representatives has set it's special session schedule. — File

By News-Press NOW

Published June 24, 2025 4:57 pm

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- A man convicted of the first-degree murder of a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper in 2005 is set to be executed.

A jury found Lance Shockley guilty on March 27, 2009, of killing Sgt. Dewayne Graham outside his home in Carter County in March 2005.

Court records said Sgt. Graham was investigating Shockley for involuntary manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a crash, which caused one fatality on Nov. 26, 2004.

The Missouri Supreme Court has set the execution date and time for 6 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025.

SC90286 - 2025-06-18 - per curiam order setting execution date Download

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