by admin | Jul 26, 2006 | Crime / Courts
US District judge Fernando Gaitan says the state’s suggested new execution protocol is not good enough. Gaitan wants a state board-licensed anesthesiologist to be present to supervise executions. The state says it can’t find any anesthesiologists who would...
by admin | Jul 25, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon has appealed a federal judge’s order that has blocked executions in Missouri. The appeal says United States District Judge Fernando Gaitan’s order requiring anesthesiologists prepare and supervise lethal injections effectively...
by admin | Jul 18, 2006 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine
A court ruling that forced the state to transport a pregnant female prisoner to an abortion clnic last year has been made to apply to all women in Missouri prisons. Federal Judge Dean Whipple has ruled that the US Supreme Court order that Missouri provide the...
by admin | Jul 13, 2006 | Business, Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt has signed the eminent domain bill into law, restricting the methods by which private property can be seized for economic development. Blunt says the bill flatly rejects the US Supreme Court ruling of Kelo versus New London that allows eminent domain to...
by admin | Apr 27, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A Florida death penalty case argued before the US Supreme Court in Washington could have an impact in Missouri. Death row inmate Clarence Hill contends that Florida’s use of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. Missouri uses a similar method. An...
