Missouri Supreme Court

Missouri’s process for certifying juveniles as adults is unconstitutional and discriminates against African Americans, a public defender for a black 16-year-old boy told Missouri Supreme Court judges on Wednesday.

Judge George Draper is set to be the Missouri Supreme Court’s next chief justice.

A former Missouri deputy and correctional officer on death row for a double killing is getting a new sentencing.

The Missouri Supreme Court says local courts can’t throw people back in jail for not paying previous jail debts.

The Missouri Supreme Court extended legal protections Tuesday against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in separate cases dealing with employment rights of workers and access rights to public facilities by transgender students.

The chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court announced new rules Wednesday requiring judges to first consider non-monetary conditions for pretrial release, a shift aimed at reducing court costs that can sometimes derail the lives of low-income defendants.

The daughter of a Missouri woman who was fatally shot in 2000 says she believes the man convicted of the killing is innocent.

The Missouri Supreme Court says a recent constitutional amendment allows prosecutors to present more evidence in child sex abuse cases, regardless of when the alleged abuse occurred.

A Missouri Supreme Court spokeswoman says one of the court's judges has died.

An attorney defending a proposal to raise Missouri tobacco taxes for early childhood programs says taking it off the ballot would violate backers' constitutional right to use the initiative petition process.