by admin | Jul 15, 2004 | Crime / Courts
Former state prison inmate Daryl Davis has been cleared by a federal court to sue state prison employees who kept him in prison 57 days after a judge ordered him freed. Davis, who is from Overland, was convicted of stealing from a charity in 1997. His conviction was...
by admin | Jul 14, 2004 | Crime / Courts
All state prisoners, parolees – even those on probation – anyone who enters one of the Department of Corrections facilities will undergo DNA testing beginning next year. And, the Department is already making preparations. State lawmakers approved the DNA...
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Crime / Courts
A state commission looking at the ways criminals are sentenced recommends a big change. The Sentencing Advisory Commission suggests a new system of evaluating people who have been convicted or pleaded guilty, and making recommendations for appropraite punishment....
by admin | Jun 14, 2004 | Transportation
Those beautiful intersections and roadways throughout Missouri benefit from the labor of those hoping to give back a little to the community they once harmed. No chain gangs. No hard labor. Just concerted effort under the supervision of the Missouri Department of...
by admin | Jun 2, 2004 | Crime / Courts
A 32-year-old inmate of the Jefferson City Prison has died. Cedric McDonald, who was serving 30 years for child molestation and sodomy convictions from Jackson County, was pronounced dead of apparent natural causes following a lengthy illness.
