Andre Cole
Andre Cole was executed by lethal injection on April 14, 2015, at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Before the procedure, which began at 10:15 p.m., he nodded at relatives who blew kisses to him, and he declined the traditional last meal and chose a regular tray meal instead. The Missouri Department of Corrections said he was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m. A federal judge had halted the execution earlier that day, but the 8th Circuit reversed that ruling, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay, while Gov. Jay Nixon denied clemency. Activists had asked for a postponement over the exclusion of Black jurors from the process.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Activists asked for a postponement over the exclusion of Black jurors from his case.
Reported by: Missouri Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.