Section 546.900 – Stay of execution granted, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.900. Stay of execution granted, when. — In case of a conviction for any offense where the punishment has been fixed at a fine or imprisonment in the county jail, or workhouse, or by both such fine and imprisonment, the court in which any such conviction was had, or the […]
Section 546.902 – Municipalities in St. Louis County, authority to enact ordinances and enforce them with fines or imprisonment.
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 546.902. Municipalities in St. Louis County, authority to enact ordinances and enforce them with fines or imprisonment. — Any municipality located within any county of the first classification with a population in excess of nine hundred thousand, for any purpose or purposes mentioned in this chapter, may enact and make […]
Section 546.870 – Executions shall issue, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.870. Executions shall issue, when. — It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court having criminal jurisdiction for the county at the end of each term, to issue executions for all fines imposed, and the costs of conviction in criminal cases, during the term and remaining unpaid, […]
Section 546.880 – May be consigned to workhouse, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.880. May be consigned to workhouse, when. — Whenever any person shall, because of a conviction for any misdemeanor or felony, be subject to imprisonment in a county jail, such person may, at the discretion of the court, be confined in any workhouse or other place of imprisonment belonging to […]
Section 546.881 – St. Louis City workhouse, commitment.
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 546.881. St. Louis City workhouse, commitment. — 1. Every person committed to the workhouse of the city of St. Louis, or other place of punishment provided by that city, by the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, shall be put to hard labor at such work as his […]
Section 546.890 – Persons committed to workhouse imprisoned for full term.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.890. Persons committed to workhouse imprisoned for full term. — All persons committed to any workhouse or other places of confinement under the provisions of section 546.880 shall be imprisoned for the full term of their sentence, unless sooner discharged by due course of law. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4122) […]
Section 546.700 – Sentence not executed, procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.700. Sentence not executed, procedure. — Whenever, for any reason, any convict sentenced to the punishment of death shall not have been executed pursuant to such sentence, and the cause shall stand in full force, the supreme court, or the court of the county in which the conviction was had, […]
Section 546.710 – Execution warrant issued to the director of department of corrections for execution of offender.
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 546.710. Execution warrant issued to the director of department of corrections for execution of offender. — Upon such convicted offender being brought before the court, they shall proceed to inquire into the facts, and if no legal reasons exist against the execution of sentence, such court shall issue a warrant […]
Section 546.720 – Death penalty — manner of execution — execution team to be selected, members, confidentiality.
Effective – 28 Aug 2007 546.720. Death penalty — manner of execution — execution team to be selected, members, confidentiality. — 1. The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be by the administration of lethal gas or by means of the administration of lethal injection. And for such purpose the director of the […]
Section 546.730 – Place of executing judgment of death, duties of director.
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 546.730. Place of executing judgment of death, duties of director. — A judgment of death must be executed within a correctional center of the department of corrections; and such execution shall be under the supervision and direction of the director of the department of corrections. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4113, […]