Prosecutors rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday after jurors in his federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe the devastating injuries suffered by the three people who died in the 2013 terror attack.
Read More »Interviews set for Eastern District vacancy
The Appellate Judicial Commission is scheduled to meet April 9 to pick finalists for an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.
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Read More »Ex-prosecutor of exonerated death row inmate pens apology
It was a long journey of conscience for a former Louisiana prosecutor. He went from celebrating a death sentence with rounds of drinks three decades ago to writing an anguished, open letter of apology after the convicted man was recently declared innocent and set free.
Read More »Police: Auditor spokesman left note before apparent suicide
The spokesman for the Missouri auditor's office left a note before he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound late Sunday, about a month after his boss killed himself, police said Monday. (Updated)
Read More »Public defender’s top lawyer named as new director
Missouri Public Defender Counsel Michael Barrett will serve as the next director of the Missouri State Public Defender System, the Public Defender Commission said Friday. (Updated)
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Read More »How gov’t aims to protect low-income users of ‘payday’ loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed rules Thursday to protect Americans from stumbling into what it calls a "debt trap."
Read More »House panel passes bill banning IRS from using private email
IRS workers would be prohibited from using private email to conduct official business under a bipartisan bill passed Wednesday by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Read More »SLU adds HR master’s program, aimed at nonlawyers
Saint Louis University has added a new degree, a master’s of science in human resources law.
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Read More »High court sets May execution date for Kimber Edwards
Edwards, a former St. Louis City Workhouse guard, was convicted of first-degree murder in June 2002. St. Louis County prosecutors said Edwards arranged to have his ex-wife, Kimberly Cantrell, killed to prevent her from testifying against him in a child support case.
Read More »Audit: State Medicaid program lost out on $27M from estates
Missouri's Medicaid program could have recovered as much as $27 million from more than 30,000 estates of deceased patients but did not file claims in time, according to a statewide audit of federal programs released Tuesday.
Read More »St. Louis-area police, highway patrol agree to tear gas settlement
In a settlement, three police agencies agreed to use tear gas to break up protests only after announcing it and allowing people time to leave unless there’s an “imminent threat.”
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