by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
A bill has been heard in a House committee that aims to solve a problem with the sentencing of juveniles found guilty of first-degree murder in Missouri. A 2005 Missouri Supreme Court ruling eliminated the sentence of death for juveniles. Then in 2012 the U.S. Supreme...
by Mike Lear | Jun 19, 2012 | Crime / Courts, Elections, Legislature, 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, Elections, Legislature, 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...
