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Federal judges’ discretion shouldn’t be hamstringed by mandatory minimum sentencing laws, or by overly severe, one-size-fits-all sentencing guidelines. That’s according to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. On August 9, at the ABA’s annual meeting in Atlanta, its policy-making ...

As an intern with the St. Louis Internship Program, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Gateway Mock Trial Institute. The mock trial program provided a program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which the participants were to ...

Consumers like to get the most for their money when making purchases. Small business owners rely on making the best use of their cash resources. As a result the use of debit cards has grown in popularity by allowing purchasers ...

Pam Duffy jokes that she is the son in Rhodey and Son Construction Co., the business started by her father 32 years ago, and for which she has worked in various capacities during those three decades and served as company ...

A new public opinion poll, released Monday by the American Bar Association, reveals that Americans have a profound belief and trust in the jury system and disproves the popular notion that Americans consider jury duty to be a burden to ...

In a 2-1 decision, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a police officer’s decision to make a protective sweep of the trailer of a woman suspected of possessing large quantities of drugs. The 8th Circuit majority, basing its ...

It may have seemed like a good idea for AmerenUE and Southwestern Bell Co. to update their 1962 joint user agreement in 1994, but a recent opinion handed down by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could have SBC ...

Those looking to divulge their ethical views on personal and extra-judicial conduct can send their comments to the American Bar Association’s Joint Commission to evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The commission, created in September 2003 by ABA President ...

Elizabeth Reefer and Jennifer Kyner always talked about owning their own firm and then one day they left one of Kansas City’s firms to start their own practice. When Jennifer Kyner and Elizabeth Reefer opened the doors to their new ...

In the first charter school appellate case since the legislature wrote the charter schools act in 1998, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled a district can terminate a charter school’s charter at the end of its ...

The Missouri Supreme Court, in a 4-2 decision, reinstated criminal charges against an emergency room nurse who failed to report suspected child abuse to the Missouri Division of Family Services or to a physician. “We’re very thrilled about it,” said ...