Inmate David Hosier Denied Clemency, Missouri Executes Second Death Row Convict This Year
Missouri carried out its second execution of the year as inmate David Hosier was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. local time at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Hosier, 69, had been on death row since 2013 after being convicted of capital murder in the 2009 deaths of Angela Gilpin and Rodney Gilpin at their home in Jefferson City. Despite maintaining his innocence, Hosier’s clemency petition was denied by Governor Mike …