by admin | Mar 3, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Members of the US Supreme Court today will hear arguments over whether the federal government can inject a St. Louis area dentist with anti-psychotic drugs to make him fit for trial. Doctor Charles “Tom” Sell has been in the federal prison hospital in...
by admin | Jan 21, 2003 | News
The annual March for Life to mark the Roe Versus Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion is set for tomorrow in the nation’s capital and a good many Missourians are expected to join the tens of thousands taking part. Connie Eller is the coordinator of the...
by admin | Sep 10, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A young death-row inmate hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on mental retardation helps his cause. But, the Attorney General doesn’t believe his case has anything to do with that ruling. Prisoner Christopher Simmons was to be executed this Spring for the...
by admin | Aug 23, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A review by lawyers in the Attorney General’s office concludes a US Supreme Court ruling greatly restricting judge-imposed death sentences does not apply to Missouri. In the Ring case, the US Supreme Court found unconstitutional Arizona’s practice of...
by admin | Jul 19, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A United States Supreme Court ruling in a Minnesota case might have an impact on judges running for election in Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has gone along with a case that centers on candidates for judicial offices and the candidates’ views on disputed...
