An arbitrator has ordered the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph to pay $1.1 million for failing to adhere to settlement guidelines from a 2008 sexual abuse case.

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In imposing sentence in federal court, a judge must consider four factors: to reflect the seriousness of the offense, promote respect for the law and provide just punishment for the offense; deterrence; to protect the public from further crimes by the defendant; and to provide the defendant with needed education or training or other correctional treatment.

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A Stinson Morrison Hecker partner faces child pornography charges after St. Louis County police seized his home computer to search it more than a year ago. Business litigation and employment attorney Larry Bauer (pictured), 57, has been charged with five counts of possessing child pornography after police found on his computer "multiple" images, including five videos showing children participating in sex, oral sex and "sexual contact," according to the charges and a police statement included in court files.

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Longtime Ballwin Prosecutor George Richard “Dick” Fox, who is facing federal charges of possession of child pornography, resigned for “personal reasons,” Mayor Tim Pogue announced Thursday. He pleaded not guilty at his Aug. 10 arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man on child pornography charges even though a search of his camera and computer might have been illegal. The court ruled Tuesday that Robert Oliver’s conviction was valid because the ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a conviction for possessing child pornography even though the jury instruction used at trial differed from the grand jury indictment. Despite the error in the instruction, there was sufficient evidence to convict Jason D. Inman ...

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