by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The federal prosecutor in St. Louis has prosecuted a record number of child pornography cases this year; 52 so far. Last year, prosecutor Catherine Hanaway and her staff prosecuted 34 cases last year. Hanaway credits the increase to a national effort started in...
by admin | Oct 15, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The state’s lawyer signs on to the new effort to get rid of those who exploit children through the internet. Attorney General Jay Nixon offers his cybercrime and computer forensics units to Project Safe Childhood, a federal program that steps up efforts to find...
by admin | Jul 27, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a child pornography charge against former Douglas County Judge Roger Wall, who says his right to a speedy trial has been violated. Wells was charged in March. His lawyer says the speedy-trial standard was violated when the...
by admin | Jul 18, 2005 | Legislature, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s newest attack on the adult entertainment industry faces an almost immediate court challenge. The new law goes into effect August 28th. It says people younger than 21 cannot go into and cannot work at strip clubs. Total nudity is banned. And customers...
by admin | Apr 29, 2004 | Crime / Courts
A federal judge has decided Fulton resident Jack Wayne Rogers is so wierd that he should go to prison for five times longer than the maximum recommended by federal sentencing guidelines. Rogers gets thirty years after pleading guilty to 11 charges of obscenity and...
