Executed
Martin Link
Missouri executed Martin Link by lethal injection shortly after midnight on February 9, 2011, at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Cline said the execution was carried out, and Governor Jay Nixon had denied clemency the day before. Link's attorney challenged the state's execution protocol and argued that the governor should not rule on clemency, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stop the execution. It was the first Missouri execution since May 2009.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Cline (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.