Main November 20, 2013Missouri mass murderer gets two last-minute execution stays from two federal judges… UPDATE: stays reversed, execution completedAs reported in this new Reuters article, “[t]wo federal judges granted a serial killer stays of execution on Tuesday hours
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You be the judge: what sentence would you impose on 15-year-old child killer?
Main February 7, 2012You be the judge: what sentence would you impose on 15-year-old child killer?A state sentencing proceeding in Missouri is (justifiably?) garnering lots of attention because the teenage defendant’s crime was so brutal and senseless. This new AP…
Missouri prison breaking in new geriatric wing
Main February 13, 2011Missouri prison breaking in new geriatric wingThis new piece, headlined “Aging inmates challenge Missouri prison system,” concerning a new wing of a Missouri prison reports on what is becoming old problem for states dealing with…
Two Missouri Abortion-Related Ballot Initiatives Are Approved for Circulation
Kansas City Star: Two Missouri ballot initiatives on abortion-related issues OK’d, by Jason Noble:
JEFFERSONCITY | Two ballot initiatives concerning abortion were approved forcirculation this week by the Missouri secretary of state. One ofthe proposals would prohibit state and
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Lots of dynamic death penalty debates in Missouri, while other states execute
Main May 15, 2009Lots of dynamic death penalty debates in Missouri, while other states executeThis new article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, headlined “Legal challenges over, Missouri plans to resume executions next week,” provides details on the latest death…
Waning Influence of Missouri Right to Life Over State Legislature?
Kansas City Star: On abortion, Missouri senators move toward the sane center, by Barb Shelly (editorial page columnist):There’s been some good research in recent years that shows thatpoliticians tend to be pulled toward the fringes on issues, while mostAmericans…
MO House Approves Abortion Waiting Period and State-Mandated Information
Kansas City Star: Missouri House backs new abortion mandates, by Kit Wagar & Jason Noble:JEFFERSON CITY | Legislation that would require women and theirdoctors to run a gantlet of new requirements before terminatingpregnancies was approved Thursday by the Missouri…
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt launches task force examining how abortions affect women
This is lovely. The Associated Press reports (10/28):JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Matt Blunt, an abortion opponent, has launched the state on a scientific quest to determine how abortions affect women — a question so complex that it confounded a…
Recognizing a Duty to Prevent Workplace Violence
In Jefferson City, Missouri, three people were killed by a plant worker at a manufacturing plant in 2003. In March 1998, four state lottery executives were killed by a Connecticut lottery accountant. In 1986, a part-time letter carrier facing dismissal…