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There are two sides to every story, even for a person accused of a crime. It doesn’t matter if the accused is on trial for raping a woman or murdering his stepson. “I’m the only person that can help them ...

The city of St. Louis’ lawyers candidly asked the Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday to change a law in the city’s favor. Whether the court will agree to do it remains to be seen. The city is seeking to hold ...

Little new money for public defenders, but panel makes no new call for work slowdown

The Rev. Dr. Willie Ellis, Public Defender Commission member, speaks at a commission meeting Thursday. “It’s time for the Legislature to wake up,” he said. Photo by Scott Lauck The Missouri Public Defender system is unlikely to get everything it ...

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign, most Americans say, and White House aides should be forced to testify before Congress about their involvement in the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. In a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, conducted April ...

Another battle in the abortion war was fought Wednesday in St. Louis. Lawyers representing Planned Parenthood, a group of pregnancy crisis centers, and South Dakota argued before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals about the requirements of the state’s ...

The former chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was sworn in Wednesday as the top-ranking federal prosecutor for the Western District. John F. Wood, 37, a Missouri native, will replace Bradley Schlozman, the interim prosecutor for ...

SEC accuses Florida brokerage in first use of Patriot-Act The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed its first case against a brokerage under an anti-money-laundering clause of the Patriot Act, accusing a Florida firm of abetting suspicious stock trades. Park ...

Prosecutors dropped all charges against three former Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party, ending a case that split the school and its city along racial and class lines. North Carolina Attorney General ...

Belton woman accused of preparing false tax returns The U.S. Justice Department has asked the federal court in Kansas City to permanently bar a Belton woman from preparing tax returns for others. A civil injunction suit, filed in the U.S. ...

South Dakota dispute heard here