The state of Missouri is on track to execute Kevin Johnson on Tuesday. After a last-minute hearing Monday, the Missouri Supreme Court has denied requests intended to block the state’s planned execution of Johnson. Johnson, 37, was sentenced to death for the 2005...
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an effort to block a new gun law can get another day in circuit court. In a 6-1 decision, the high court has given St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County another chance to argue against the Second Amendment...
The Missouri Supreme Court is now considering Missouri’s controversial gun law called the Second Amendment Preservation Act, or SAPA. Lawyers for St. Louis and two of the state’s most populous counties made their case against the law, saying it causes confusion when...
At 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Ernest Lee Johnson was pronounced dead at the state prison in Bonne Terre. After being sentenced to death nearly 23 years ago, he died by lethal injection at the maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri. Johnson, 61, was convicted of...
The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for this week about the way Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft handled a proposed referendum to overturn an eight-week abortion ban bill. Alisa Nelson reports. Earlier stories: GROUPS SUE ASHCROFT FOR ‘ROBBING’...