by Alisa Nelson | Feb 7, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
Leonard Taylor took his last breath Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was declared dead at 6:16 p.m. The 58-year-old St. Louis man was convicted of the 2004 killings of his girlfriend, Angela Rowe, and her three young children in St. Louis County. Taylor...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 1, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
In 2020, the Missouri Department of Corrections rolled out a pilot program that allows probation and parole officers to arrest criminals who violate probation and parole rules. The program is being used in St. Louis, Kansas City, Independence, Hannibal, and...
by Alisa Nelson | Jan 3, 2023 | News
Missouri has put to death it’s 133rd prisoner. The execution is the first known one involving a transgender inmate in the U.S. The prisoner, Amber McLaughlin, was executed for the 2003 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Beverly Guenther of suburban St. Louis....
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 29, 2022 | Crime / Courts, News
Missouri is scheduled to execute a transgender inmate next week for the 2003 kidnapping, raping, and killing of Beverly Guenther in Earth City. Scott McLaughlin, who now goes by Amber, would be the first transgender person executed in the United States if the...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 15, 2022 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Missouri is sending out settlement checks to thousands of current and former correctional officers. The checks mark the end of a 10-year court battle with the Missouri Department of Corrections for refusing to pay officers...