by admin | Apr 5, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling in a child pornography case. The judge decided last month that the FBI recklessly used false information to obtain a warrant to search the home of Gregory Strauser – a...
by admin | Apr 1, 2003 | Politics / Govt
Members of the Missouri Supreme Court’s Commission on Children’s Justice are struggling to find the right words to put into an interim report on the state foster care system. The Commission is only partially through its work on reforming the foster care...
by admin | Mar 26, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has decided not to hear oral arguments on a challenge to the state law that lets the state hold sexual predators indefinitely, even after they’ve finished their prison terms. Lawyers for the state and for James Francis will submit written...
by admin | Mar 19, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A former Catholic priest has been found guilty in federal court of possession of child pornography. 60-year-old James Beine – also known as Mar James – was convicted after a two-hour jury deliberation. According to the testimony, Beine – who had been...
by admin | Mar 19, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A report from State Auditor Claire McCaskill highlights some of the concerns with Missouri’s much-criticized foster care system. The audit points to a lack of visits to foster homes from Division of FamilyServices officials, overworked staffs at Division...
