by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2014 | Crime / Courts, 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 admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Crime / Courts
A 5-4 ruling upholding the right of Americans to own guns pleases the governor and attorney general. To Governor Blunt, there wasn’t really a question as to whether the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to bear arms. "The Supreme Court...
by admin | Jun 26, 2007 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
A University of Missouri law professor says the US Supreme Court gave us a glimpse into its views of separation of church and state as well as separation of powers in a ruling handed down Monday. The court decision in Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation never got...
by admin | May 15, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Language has been placed in a large anti-crime bill that would conform Missouri’s ban on partial-birth abortion to the law upheld by the United States Supreme Court. The wording of the amendment is taken from the Nebraska case in which the US Supreme Court...
by admin | Apr 12, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Anyone convicted of murdering a criminal justice official would be put to death under a bill approved by the House. Kill a cop or a prison guard or someone who works for the court or anyone in criminal justice and face execution. That is the meat of a bill approved in...