AG Files Suit Against "Pen Pals"

by | Nov 17, 2005 | Crime / Courts

Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a lawsuit in Jefferson City in an attempt to tap into money 33 female inmates have received from pen pals. Attorney General spokesman Jim Gardner says the women got in contact with the men through various Web sites. Gardner says...

Nixon Is Running for Governor

by | Nov 11, 2005 | Politics / Govt

Attorney General Jay Nixon has indicated he is running for governor in 2008. An amended report with the State Ethics Commission shows Nixon, a Democrat, has changed his candidacy to the governor’s office for the August primary in 2008. Nixon has been harshly...

Nixon Appeals Ruling in Murder Case

by | Oct 25, 2005 | Politics / Govt

Attorney General Jay Nixon is appealing a federal judge’s decision that overturns the murder coviction of an Osage County man convicted of killing his mother. The Attorney General has filed an appeal with the Federal Appeals Court in St. Louis. A federal...

SCOTUS Issues Stay in Prison Abortion Case

by | Oct 17, 2005 | Crime / Courts

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay on a federal judge’s order that the state must take a female prisoner to an abortion clinic to get an abortion she wants. The state argues it is a security risk, and it is against state law to spend tax dollars helping a...