by admin | Jan 26, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled one convicted killer should die but another should live. Condemned inmate Carmen Deck had claimed numerous mistakes were made during the sentencing phase of his trial for the murders of a couple from rural DeSoto, James and Zelma...
by admin | Dec 8, 2009 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the Public Defender Commission to manage the caseload of its staff, but has ruled it exceeded that authority in two cases. In a 7-0 ruling, the State Supreme Court struck down efforts to manage caseloads in St....
by admin | Nov 3, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Whether the State Public Defender System can cope with a tight budget by refusing to represent certain defendants is a question now before the State Supreme Court. The court has heard oral arguments in two cases. In St. Francois County, public defenders refused to...
by admin | Jun 16, 2009 | Crime / Courts
State prison inmate Reginald Clemons was to have been executed during the night. But questions about the people who would perform the execution have kept him alive. The federal appeals court in St. Louis issued a stay June 5th on today’s execution of Clemons...
by admin | Jun 16, 2009 | Crime / Courts
The attention has suddenly shifted from the execution of Reginald Clemons, 37, who was scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, to that of an admitted neo-Nazi, 59-year-old Joseph Franklin. Clemons’ execution was halted earlier this month when...
