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March 15, 2023
The state of Missouri managed the St. Louis police department for more than 140 years before it was returned to…
Kim Gardner
March 15, 2023
The elected prosecutor in St. Louis, under intense criticism after a visiting teenage athlete who lost her legs in a crash blamed…
March 15, 2023
A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot a man at a convenience store nearly two years ago will…
March 12, 2023
Missouri voters could decide on whether to restore abortion rights in the state if constitutional amendments make it to the…
March 4, 2023
Tim Norman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for arranging the shooting death of his nephew to collect a life insurance…
Kim Gardner
February 28, 2023
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is facing calls to resign from critics who blame her for failing to keep…
February 18, 2023
Lamar Johnson's case calls attention to eyewitness identification procedures, which have been shown to often reproduce racial biases.
February 17, 2023
Lawmakers are pushing for restitution legislation to help Black men such as Lamar Johnson, now free after serving 28 years…
Lamar Johnson
February 15, 2023
A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life…
February 6, 2023
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Monday he will not grant clemency and halt the execution of Raheem Taylor, who faces…
January 10, 2023
Attorneys for a Missouri man scheduled to be executed next month are seeking a new hearing, citing a new alibi.
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January 1, 2023
Judge Timothy Boyer on Friday, Dec. 30 overturned Lamont Cambell's conviction in the death of Lenny Gregory III.
Tishaura O. Jones
December 9, 2022
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms…
Kim Gardner
December 9, 2022
Missouri's attorney general asked a judge on Thursday to sanction St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, accusing her of concealing…
December 8, 2022
Three former St. Louis aldermen, including the longtime board president, will go to prison for accepting bribes from a businessman.
December 1, 2022
Kevin Johnson, who died by lethal injection, was convicted in the murder of an officer he blamed for the death…
November 29, 2022
Kevin Johnson might not be facing imminent execution if he was white, attorneys speaking on his behalf told the Missouri…
November 26, 2022
Khorry Ramey's father, Kevin Johnson, is set to be executed Tuesday for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005.
November 8, 2022
Voters in five states are deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a…
Kansas City church elder sentenced
November 4, 2022
Tanisha Harris left her job for lunch in 2018 and never returned. In August, husband Robert Lee Harris was convicted…