Here's a look at legal issues raised by Saturday's police shooting in South Carolina in which video recorded by a bystander shows a black man being shot in the back and killed as he runs away.
Read More »Supreme Court stays Edwards execution
The Missouri Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday staying the May 12 execution of Kimber Edwards.
Read More »Springfield repeals protection for gays against bias
Voters in Missouri's third largest city of Springfield voted Tuesday to repeal an ordinance that provided protection against discrimination in housing and hiring based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Read More »Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed.
Read More »St. Louis County Circuit Court marks 300k e-filings
There have been 301,404 electronic filings in St. Louis County Circuit Court, the state’s busiest, since e-filing launched about a year ago.
Read More »St. Louis County judges approve new terms for condemnation commissioners
St. Louis County circuit judges on Wednesday re-appointed three condemnation commissioners and two alternates.
Read More »Non-attorney muni judge Santie wins re-election in Malden
Phillip Santie, a non-attorney judge for seven Bootheel region cities, has won his 11th two-year term as municipal judge of Malden.
Read More »Wisconsin man urges Missouri police-involved death reviews
A Wisconsin man whose son was shot and killed by a police officer in 2004 told Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday that independent investigations into such deaths are necessary to ensure justice.
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Read More »Senate narrowly passes Missouri social services budget
A more than $8 billion budget to guide Missouri's spending on programs for seniors, people with mental illness and foster children narrowly passed the Senate early Wednesday morning after lawmakers initially defeated the measure.
Read More »Appeals court says Flynt can intervene in execution cases
Saying stricter rules about allowing intervention in a case don’t apply when the party only wants to ask to open records, an appeals court ruled pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt can intervene in litigation over the secrecy of executions. (Updated)
Read More »Kansas quietly passed religious objections law 2 years ago
Religious objections measures in Arkansas and Indiana that prompted national criticism are similar to a law Kansas quietly enacted two years ago with the state's leading gay-rights group officially neutral.
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