by admin | Jul 1, 2008 | News
The fight against child sexual predators gets some help with additional resources that will soon be available now that Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has signed legislation aimed at better protecting children. Senator John Loudon (R-Chesterfield) sponsored Senate Bill 714...
by admin | May 16, 2008 | News
Lawmakers who are wrapping up the legislative session at the State Capitol could complete this day by approving a proposal to make rapists of young children eligible for the death penalty. The proposal is an amendment to SB 976 – a much larger bill covering...
by admin | Apr 21, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) is renewing his call for the state’s worst sexual predators to be death penalty eligible. The Governor is asking the General Assembly to send him legislation that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases of forcible...
by admin | Feb 26, 2008 | Politics / Govt
An effort to get teachers who sexually abuse students out of the classroom receives preliminary approval in the House, though some representatives wonder whether the bill skirts due process. Rep. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) said she took action in wake of an...
by admin | Feb 19, 2008 | Crime / Courts
The Missouri State Supreme Court has ruled a law banning certain sex offenders from living within one-thousand feet of a school or child-care facility cannot apply to an offender who was already living there before the law was passed. The Court says the Constitution...
