A coalition of 12 municipalities has filed a lawsuit challenging a St. Louis County ordinance regulating police standards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the municipalities, which include Clayton, Webster Groves and Florissant, filed the suit Thursday to block legislation ...
Read More »ACLU to appeal court ruling in Missouri drug testing case
The American Civil Liberties Union said it plans to appeal a federal court ruling that upheld a technical college’s plan to force every incoming student to be tested for drugs. Tony Rothert, legal director for the ACLU’s Missouri chapter, told ...
Read More »Obama commutes sentences of 95, pardons 2 in year-end spree
President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 prisoners and pardoned two more, part of an ongoing effort within the White House to rethink a criminal justice system that critics say has resulted in overly harsh and expensive ...
Read More »Federal judge dismisses Kansas lawsuit over Oklahoma casino
A federal lawsuit seeking to prevent an Oklahoma Indian tribe’s casino from expanding into Kansas was dismissed after the judge said his court doesn’t have the jurisdiction to decide the case. In a decision announced Friday, U.S. District Judge Daniel ...
Read More »16th Circuit elects Torrence next presiding judge
The 16th Circuit Court has elected Judge John Torrence to be its next presiding judge. Judge Robert Schieber nominated Torrence to take on the role for a 2017-2018 term, following Judge Justine Del Muro in the role. He is currently ...
Read More »6 plead guilty in $100 million software piracy case
Six people pleaded guilty to charges related to more than $100 million in stolen software such as Windows XP that authorities said was one of the largest such piracy schemes prosecuted by the U.S. government. Tammy Dickinson, U.S. attorney for ...
Read More »Fla. judge who threatened to fight lawyer removed from bench
A judge who was captured on video berating and threatening to fight an assistant public defender was ordered removed from the bench Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court. Brevard County Judge John Murphy got into an argument last year with now-former ...
Read More »Kansas regents panel advances campus concealed carry plan
A broad outline of how concealed weapons will be allowed on Kansas college campuses cleared a key panel Wednesday and edged closer to expected final approval, with individual campuses asked to come up with their own plans to implement the ...
Read More »Audit says $65K gone from Missouri court under clerk’s watch
The state auditor says more than $65,000 went missing from a southwestern Missouri court under a former clerk’s watch. Auditor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday that the previous Carl Junction Municipal Court clerk took advantage of her position to defraud the ...
Read More »AP source: Ferguson, Justice Department close to agreement
The Justice Department is close to an agreement with the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on a deal intended to bring sweeping changes to the agency, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The overhaul, once finalized, could avert a ...
Read More »Officer’s mistrial in Gray’s death a letdown for both sides
As jurors deliberated the fate of one of six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore braced for a possible repeat of the protests, destruction and dismay that engulfed the city in April, when Gray died of ...
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