by Mike Lear | May 5, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The same committee that set into motion work during the past eight years to update Missouri’s criminal code is preparing to ask for a similar review of the state’s expungement laws. The Missouri Bar’s Criminal Law Committee will propose Friday to the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 29, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
Representative Chris Kelly (D-Columbia), standing among fellow lawmakers and others who worked on the first rewrite of the state’s criminal code in more than 30 years, expressed his frustration Tuesday morning. “We have literally begged the State of...
by Mike Lear | Apr 28, 2014 | News
Child advocates say there are changes made in the proposed rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code that are good for children. Deputy Director of Missouri Kids First Emily van Schenkhof was involved closely in the development of the legislation. She says one of the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The state legislature has sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) a roughly 600-page proposal to update Missouri’s criminal code. The proposal was passed out of both chambers Thursday with wide majorities favoring it. The bill, whose development began five years ago with...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News
Some of the lawmakers and others who worked on the proposed update of the criminal code sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) Thursday have been honored in a piece of art to mark its passage out of the legislature. The poster features Senators Jolie Justus and Bob Dixon,...
