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Crime & Courts

The discovery of long-hidden evidence in a 19-year old murder case fuels hopes of death penalty opponents that the state will declare a moratorium on executions for two years. Reginald Clemons, Marlin Gray, and two others were convicted in 1993 of the rapes and murders of two St. Louis sisters who were thrown off a St. Louis bridge into the Mississippi River. Gray was executed five years ago. Clemons would have been executed last June but a stay was issued and a special judge is reviewing the case. [click to continue…]

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Senate passes penalty for throwing bodily fluids

by Bob Priddy 03/8/10 10:01 PM

Sex offenders who remain in state custody after finishing prison terms could face more prison time if they throw the wrong stuff at the wrong people. Sex offenders considered a sexually violent predators can be left in the custody of the mental health department indefinitely after they finish their prison time. A special Sexual Offender [...]

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Greene County jury to hear Bustamante trial

by Jessica Machetta 03/8/10 1:53 PM

The status hearing for Alyssa Bustamante in Central Missouri has been pushed back. Cole County prosecutor Mark Richardson says the hearing set for today has been rescheduled for April 28th.
At issue was jury selection, which happened Friday.
Richardson says a Greene County jury will be selected there and then brought to Jefferson City in Cole County [...]

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New Highway Patrol superintendent wants to build on the present

by Bob Priddy 02/28/10 11:01 AM

The Highway Patrol’s new superintendent starts his first full week as “Officer One.” Colonel Ronald Replogle moves up from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, to succeed Colonel James Keathley, who headed the patrol for more than three years. He says he wants to continue Keathley’s progress on making highways as safe as possible, and the patrol’s [...]

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Protecting DNA evidence

by Bob Priddy 02/22/10 10:19 PM

Law enforcement officers often get DNA evidence at a crime scene but they can’t connect it to a specific suspect. The senate is moving to preserve their ability to finally prosecute someone because the statute of limitations runs out before a suspect is identified. The situation has led to a strange procedure in which prosecutors [...]

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