Tuesday’s scheduled execution of Missouri prisoner Lance Shockley will go on. Gov. Mike Kehoe says he will not grant clemency to Shockley, who Missouri is scheduled to execute by lethal injection on Tuesday.

Shockley was convicted of the 2005 murder of Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl DeWayne Graham, Jr. Graham, who had been investigating Shockley’s role in a deadly drunk driving crash, was shot and killed outside his Carter County home.

In a statement, Kehoe shared his stance on the case.

“The murder of Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Carl DeWayne Graham, Jr., who was investigating Lance Shockley’s criminal actions at the time, was an attack not only on a dedicated law enforcement officer, but on the rule of law itself,” said Kehoe. “Violence against those who risk their lives every day

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