Murder charges against Mark Woodworth, who was set for a third trial on a 1990 killing, were dismissed Tuesday.
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Read More »Murder charges against Mark Woodworth, who was set for a third trial on a 1990 killing, were dismissed Tuesday.
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Read More »A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a $31.3 million verdict against a defunct investment firm alleged to have misused secret research data owned by Hallmark Cards.
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Read More »John Middleton was issued a stay of execution Tuesday morning by Eastern Missouri U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry.
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Read More »Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that he won’t stand in the way of a bill that makes it harder for workers to get unemployment benefits if they are fired for misconduct.
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Read More »With just three weeks until the primary election, the court is weighing the fairness of a summary for a ballot issue that would change the Missouri Constitution’s gun-rights provision.
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Read More »Among 14 bills Gov. Jay Nixon signed Tuesday was an update to legislation that rewrites Missouri’s criminal code.
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday that state authorities can take longer than three months to investigate allegations of child abuse, despite a state statute that suggests otherwise.
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Read More »A former Pacific prison guard will try to get his job back through a court order after winning a $262,100 verdict in a lawsuit over his firing following an accident that shattered his leg.
Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday set an execution date of Aug. 6 for a man convicted in St. Charles County of the 1995 murder of a neighbor.
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Read More »Kansas City-based law firm Husch Blackwell is starting a practice group focusing on legal issues related to drones.
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Read More »Missouri’s court commissioners might not see a raise this year, and the public defender’s office will have less money for hiring outside attorneys, as a result of budget cuts announced Tuesday.
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