A May execution date has been scheduled for a convicted killer from southwest Missouri’s Ozark. The case has been working its way through the court system for almost 30 years. The Missouri Supreme Court today set a May 19th execution date for convicted killer...
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for condemned Missouri inmate Russell Bucklew. He was sentenced to die by lethal injection after midnight Wednesday morning for the 1996 murder of Michael Sanders. Attorney General Chris Koster (D) says the full...
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...
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...
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...
