A federal appeals panel says a judge in Kansas City exceeded his authority when he ordered a defendant to use contraception during his supervised release. Christopher J. Harris was sentenced to 15 years for being a felon in possession of ...
Read More »Ferguson hires another interim police chief
The Ferguson police force has new leadership for the third time in four months. The city on Wednesday introduced Andre Anderson, 50, as interim chief. Anderson previously was police commander in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona — the same ...
Read More »Trial underway for damages in JJ’s explosion
A lawsuit stemming from the fatal explosion of a well-known Kansas City wine bar is underway in Jackson County Circuit Court. Opening statements began Tuesday in a lawsuit by the owners of JJ’s Restaurant, which was leveled in the Feb. ...
Read More »Court overturns some Blagojevich Senate-seat convictions
The ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago means the 58-year-old, currently Inmate No. 40892-424 in a Colorado prison, could serve less than his original 14-year sentence.
Read More »Missouri executes man for killing 19-year-old
A Missouri inmate who sexually attacked a 19-year-old woman before tying her to a cemetery tree and killing her was executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court and the governor declined to intervene.
Read More »First two of about 700 plaintiffs go to trial over PCBs
A trial over allegations that the former Monsanto’s chemicals caused two California men’s cancer started Friday in a St. Louis County courtroom laden with technology and packed with people. Richard Cherry and Kevin Kitchen, both diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, are ...
Read More »Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant
A federal appeals court on Friday set aside the military commission conviction of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who allegedly produced an al-Qaida recruiting video and served as Osama bin Laden’s personal assistant and public relations secretary. The U.S. Court of ...
Read More »Help by the bagful
Jeff Feltz and Mary Jennings, staff members of Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard, deliver toiletries Friday morning upon their arrival at Midwest Litigation Services in St. Louis for a fundraiser for the Center for Women in Transition, which assists women in the criminal justice system. Midwest Litigation has held the fundraiser for the past six years. Photo by Karen Elshout
Read More »Missouri trooper who spoke out after drowning demoted
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was critical of the agency after a handcuffed Iowa man fell from a patrol boat and drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks has been disciplined for speaking out.
Read More »Panel selected for Greene County judgeship
The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission on Thursday selected Jason R. Brown, Mark A. Powell and Margaret Holden as finalists for a circuit judgeship created by the retirement of Judge J. Dan Conklin.
Read More »Move delayed for St. Louis County court entrance
The shifting of the St. Louis County Courts Building main entrance has been delayed until June 22, according to an announcement on the Missouri courts website.. The court announced last week that the main entrance would be at 105 S. ...
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