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 »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 »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.”
Read More »A tale of 2 Ferguson deaths: 1 well known, 1 anonymous
Along a short stretch of winding road through a nondescript apartment complex, two memorials of stuffed animals mark the spots where young men died. The sites are separated by roughly 1,000 feet, but in a sense are worlds apart.
Read More »Missouri Republicans split on possible expert witness change
Legislation that would impose new requirements for expert testimony in Missouri court cases has run into opposition from two Republican senators who are lawyers and running for statewide office.
Read More »Justices revive ex-UPS worker’s pregnancy bias lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave a former UPS driver another chance Wednesday to prove her claim of discrimination after the company did not offer her lighter duty when she was pregnant. The justices on Wednesday sided 6-3 with ...
Read More »Court removes gay sex conviction from offender registry
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday said a man caught during a sting on homosexual sex at a St. Louis rest stop in 1988 doesn’t have to register as a sex offender because the crime he pleaded guilty to is no longer a crime.
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Read More »Big money answer still to come in courtroom drama over estate
A judge still must answer the big money question in a contest over property worth millions of dollars after a jury decided a businessman’s widow used “undue influence” in convincing him to shift ownership of his real estate company to ...
Read More »Audit faults attorney general Koster on lobbyist policy
Although Attorney General Chris Koster's gubernatorial campaign has had a policy in place for months to address concerns that he was influenced by lobbyist perks and political donations, an audit released Tuesday faulted his state office for not implementing a similar system.
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Read More »Heggie named to bench in St. Louis County
Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday the appointment of Robert M. Heggie as associate circuit judge for the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
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