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.
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Relatives are outraged after the Missouri Supreme Court decided wrongful death litigation can't go forward against a northwest Missouri hospital. The judges cited statute-of-limitations issues in their ruling this month...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A group that includes two former chief justices of the Missouri Supreme Court and Kansas City's mayor will evaluate the functioning of municipal courts in the state and make recommendations for improvement. Chief Justice Mary Russell said yesterday the panel would be charged with crafting solutions to ensure defendants' rights are respected in municipal courts throughout
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's oldest death row inmate is asking the U.S. Supreme Court or the governor to spare him from being executed as scheduled today for the 1996 shooting death of a sheriff's deputy. Attorneys for 74-year-old Cecil Clayton argue he has dementia and lingering effects from a 1972 sawmill accident...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An execution date of January 28th has been set for a man who fatally stabbed a St. Louis County woman during a 1998 burglary. The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday set the execution date for 45-year-old Marcellus Williams...