A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge on Friday appeared to lean against appointing a special prosecutor to investigate prosecutor Bob McCulloch's handling of the grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting death case.

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Protests began just a few minutes into his speech, with a woman in a black robe standing up and declaring “court is now in session.”

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An upcoming law school lecture by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch is drawing criticism from some Saint Louis University students and professors who object to his handling of the investigation of Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.

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A state lawmaker from St. Louis has asked a legislative committee to investigate St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, saying Friday that she was concerned he "manipulated" the grand jury in the Michael Brown case.

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The St. Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the grand jury probe of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson won praise from his peers for what they said was appropriate handling of a tough job under difficult circumstances.

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The Missouri grand jury that began considering evidence Wednesday in the police killing of an unarmed man won’t decide whether to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson until October “at the earliest,” a spokesman for the local prosecutor said.

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St. Louis County prosecutors must step up their investigations into the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Gov. Jay Nixon said.

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Attorney's filing also alleges misconduct by St. Louis County prosecutor's office

L. Steven Goldblatt has taken it into his own hands to address problems with Missouri's Public Defender System. In the process, he alleges that an assistant St. Louis County prosecuting attorney threatened that if his client didn't plead guilty he would lose his law license. Goldblatt (pictured), of the Goldblatt Law Firm, plans to file an emergency writ of petition for habeas corpus with the Missouri Supreme Court today.

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