by Mike Lear | Jul 8, 2014 | News
The Corrections Department asked the State Supreme Court not to ask it to carry out more than one execution per month. The Supreme Court has honored that request and changed its own rules to reflect it. A Corrections spokesman hasn’t acknowledged the request was...
by Mike Lear | Jun 24, 2014 | News, Sports Features
A man hit in the eye with a hot dog thrown by the Royals mascot will have another chance to sue the team’s organization. The state Supreme Court has voided the decision of a jury that put the blame for the injury on the man, John Coomer. The Court says it should...
by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
State lawmakers who have spent years crafting an update to Missouri’s system of criminal laws and punishments hope to send Governor Jay Nixon (D) a bill next week. House and Senate versions of that rewrite were passed last week, and lawmakers in both chambers...
by Mike Lear | Mar 31, 2014 | News
Lawmakers that have been working on the rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code for years say this is still the year to get it passed, despite the reservations expressed by Governor Jay Nixon (D) about its size. Nixon has suggested that the rewrite – currently...
by Mike Lear | Mar 27, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Representative Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) has issued an open letter to fellow lawmakers regarding Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) reported position that he would veto the legislation moving through the legislature that would rewrite Missouri’s criminal code. A...