DEATH ROW INMATES

Between January 1993 and June 2024, the author, Robert Shafer, witnessed 92 state-sanctioned murders in Missouri. He shared his experiences and emotions surrounding the executions, shedding light on the dark and gloomy atmosphere surrounding them. Shafer also mentioned the change in the location of these executions and remembered the individuals who met this cruel fate. The post concludes with information on contacting Robert Shafer and recommends two documentaries about Missouri death row.

Anger, you do realize that you're about to make the biggest mistake ever, right? I mean, I'm just sayin'. You're not only going to...

I murdered Mr. Ford Jerry Parker and Mr. Keith Dennis Young, by shooting them. No excuses, I'm responsible, period. I knew better but chose not to be better.

It was an unusually quiet night, the normally blaring televisions and radios were silent. The typical long-distance conversations between inmates yelling back and forth...

I had never been to prison, and now, not only was I going to prison, I was going to death row. The home of men like John Wayne Gacy and the so-called ‘I-57 Killer,’ among others. Up until then, I had only read about such men in newspapers or saw them on television. I never, not even in my worst nightmare, thought I would be counted among them.