by Ashley Byrd | Jun 10, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri Supreme Court is changing trial court proceedings to include safe distancing and more allowances for COVID-19 health concerns. The order issued this week says “The resumption of jury proceedings too early would not only risk the health of the...
by admin | May 17, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
UPDATE: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling, vacating the stay of execution for convicted southwest Missouri killer Walter Barton. In their nine-page ruling, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals writes, in part: “We vacate the stay of execution and...
by admin | Apr 27, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously denied a request from a convicted murderer from southwest Missouri’s Ozark, clearing the way for his execution to take place next month in Bonne Terre. The Supreme Court has denied 64-year-old Walter Barton’s...
by admin | Apr 21, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear remote oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case involving a lower court’s decision to award more than $113 million in overtime pay for Missouri corrections officers. Because of COVID-19 concerns, only Missouri Supreme...
by admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
An attorney for a convicted St. Louis murderer who’s served 25 years in prison tells the Missouri Supreme Court that evidence shows that the inmate did not kill Marcus Boyd in 1994. The Supreme Court heard historic oral arguments in Lamar Johnson’s case on...