by Mike Lear | Dec 9, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution to convicted murderer Allen L. Nicklasson, who is scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 Wednesday morning. The 41-year-old Nicklasson was convicted in the 1994 killing of Richard Drummond of Excelsior Springs...
by Jessica Machetta | Jun 12, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
A Poplar Bluff man has served nearly 15 years of a life sentence, and of a death sentence. However, the Supreme Court now says his sentencing hearing was unfair. Terrance Anderson was sentenced to death for shooting to death his ex-girlfriend’s mother in Poplar...
by Mike Lear | Sep 19, 2012 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
The fate of MOSIRA legislation is now in the hands of six judges on the state Supreme Court. The state legislature passed Senate Bill 7 in last year’s special session enacting the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act but only if Senate Bill 8 also...
by Mike Lear | Jun 19, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Two decisions handed down today by the Missouri Supreme Court clear the way for two St. Louis-area democrat state lawmakers to run in the August Primary. The Court upheld the trial court ruling that Representative Sylvester Taylor II can run in the 75th House District...
by Mike Lear | Jun 15, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Supreme Court will consider two cases in which Democrat state lawmakers have been told they can’t run in the districts they want to, in the August primary. The Missouri Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled Black Jack Representative Sylvester Taylor can’t run in a...
