The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States.
Before April 1989, all executions were carried out at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
Between April 1989 and March 2005, executions were carried out at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
Since April 2005, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
A condemned inmate and convicted double killer from Missouri, Lewis Eugene Gilbert, was executed in Oklahoma.