by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from convicted murderer Lamar Johnson of St. Louis, a case that has received national media attention. It’s also a case that has attracted attention from elected prosecutors from across the nation and Missouri....
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 2, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith plans to retire effective March 8. She was appointed to the high court in 2001 and served as chief justice from 2007 to 2009. A press release today from the State Supreme Court says Stith is the second woman ever to...
by admin | Nov 24, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
A Missouri prisoner who was 16 when she killed a man during a meth transaction in western Missouri’s Cass County will remain in prison for now, under a key ruling Tuesday from the Missouri Supreme Court. The inmate, 41-year-old Jessica Hicklin, was sentenced in...
by admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Crime / Courts, History, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court heard remote oral arguments on Wednesday in a high-profile case involving the Cole County circuit court’s 2018 decision to award more than $113 million in overtime pay for Missouri corrections officers. It’s a case that’s...
