Advocates gathered at the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday, urging Governor Mike Kehoe to stop the scheduled execution of Lance Shockley, convicted in the 2005 murder of a Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Shockley has maintained his innocence.

Missouri NAACP President Rod Chapel Jr. told Missourinet that he believes there is evidence that Governor Kehoe should allow to be presented to a board of review.

“Sometimes the courts aren’t perfect,” said Chapel Jr. “We’ve all seen instances of that, and we have two exonerees who were here with us today, who combined, spent nearly 50 years in prison. I think it’s important that we just take a breath and allow our executive branch to not grant grace in this particular instance, but to allow the time necessary for the truth to come out.”

Joe Amrine,

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