Missouri allows the execution of juvenile offenders...

Missouri allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above but has life without parole. On July 3, 2001 Governor Holden signed a bill that exclude mentally retarded from executions. A jury decides the sentence, but if the jury is deadlocked a judge decides. The Governor is required by statute to get a non-binding recommendation from the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole before granting or denying clemency in a death penalty case.