JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat.

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JURIST

JULY 13, 2024

The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday upheld an execution warrant for Marcellus Williams even though a prosecutor filed a pending motion beforehand to vacate Williams’s 2003 first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. The court initially issued a warrant of execution set for January 28, 2015.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Johnson had also filed a motion to stay with the Missouri Supreme Court. Louis Prosecutor’s Office both submitted motions to stay Johnson’s execution to the Missouri Supreme Court, hoping to investigate his claims of racial prejudice throughout his trial. Johnson was also denied clemency by Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Monday.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2022

A man from Kansas City, Missouri, Thursday pled guilty to committing a hate crime. US Attorney Teresa Moore of the Western District of Missouri commented: Violence against others, motivated by hatred of their sexual orientation, is unacceptable. Robinson met the teen, identified as M.S., During the interaction, M.S.

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2024

Wrongfully convicted Missouri inmate Sandra Hemme was released from prison Friday after a monthlong battle with the state’s attorney general who sought to deny the release on procedural and jurisdictional grounds. The post Innocent Missouri prisoner held 43 years freed after trial court orders release appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JULY 30, 2024

Ziegler that a Missouri law banning lobbying for two years after an official leaves elected office was unconstitutional. The law in question, Article III, Section 2(a) of the Missouri Constitution, was enacted through a ballot initiative in 2018. On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found in Miller v.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 23, 2024

GTFOH The post DC Judge Bars Missouri AG From Prosecuting Media Matters For Aggravated Making Elon Sad appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2023

The US District Court for the Western District of Missouri Central Division Tuesday ruled that a Missouri law attempting to invalidate federal firearm laws within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri Governor Michael L. Specifically, Judge Brian C. These federal laws are the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Missouri is going to funnel money from its anti-homelessness budget in to Brett Farve's pockets. /. The post Instead Of Fighting Homelessness, Missouri Has Opted To Fight The Homeless appeared first on Above the Law. What's next?

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld an appeals court decision on Wednesday, which found that the Senate congressional map did not violate the state’s constitution. Several Missouri citizens previously challenged the map, drawn by a court-appointed redistricting commission, for failing to preserve communities of interest.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Last month, the US Supreme Court upheld the execution of a Missouri man whose death sentence had been similarly controversial. However, Justice Clarence Thomas implied faults in the investigation and said that the original prosecutors, Connie Smotherman and Gary Ackley, should have the opportunity to share their side.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A judge in Missouri rejected on Thursday inmate Marcellus Williams’ attempt to overturn a murder conviction and death sentence using “new” DNA evidence. ” In rejecting the motion, Judge Hilton emphasized Missouri’s innocence analysis. Circuit Judge Bruce F.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 11, 2023

A new bill has been filed in Missouri aimed at protecting the victims of hazing, Emily Manley reports for Fox 2 Now. The bill, nicknamed ‘Danny’s Law,’ follows a tragic incident in 2021 where 19-year-old Danny Santulli was pressured to drink an entire liter of vodka as part of a Phi Gamma Delta fraternity party at the University of Missouri.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Supreme Court on Friday turned down an emergency request to reinstate a Missouri law that barred state officials from helping enforce federal gun…

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Springfield judge appointed to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy”: Kelly Dereuck of The Springfield News-Leader has this report. And Kelton Turner of The Missouri Times reports that “ Governor Parson appoints Ginger Gooch to Missouri Supreme Court.”

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A Kansas City, Missouri, man who spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder has been released after a judge ruled Tuesday that he…

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Cassville School School District in Missouri plans to reinstate spanking this school year, but only as a last resort and with written permission from parents, who will be asked to opt in or out, reports USA Today. Missouri is one of the 19 states, mostly in the South, where corporal punishment is still allowed.

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Above The Law

MARCH 27, 2024

The post Missouri AG Sues Media Matters For Aggravated MEAN TO TWITTER appeared first on Above the Law. He's also a wee smidge confused on civil procedure.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Missouri resident Lance Shockley crashed a pick-up truck belonging to his sister-in-laws fianc into a ditch. The Missouri Supreme Court ultimately rejected Shockleys claim, but one judge dissented from that decision, writing that Shockley was entitled to a new trial. The state urges the justices to stay out of the dispute.

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HowAppealing

MAY 24, 2021

“Parson appoints Robin Ransom, first Black woman to serve on Missouri Supreme Court”: Jeanne Kuang of The Kansas City Star has this report. Joel Boenitz of The Columbia Missourian reports that “ Judge Robin Ransom becomes first Black woman named to Missouri Supreme Court.”

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HowAppealing

MAY 24, 2023

“Missouri Supreme Court restricts access to old documents on Casenet website”: Josh Renaud of The St. The post “Missouri Supreme Court restricts access to old documents on Casenet website” appeared first on How Appealing. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Friday that Missouri’s requirements for parents to opt out of their children being vaccinated to attend school do not violate their rights to religious freedom. In Missouri, children must be properly vaccinated and submit their vaccination records before they can attend school.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“Missouri appeals court fines litigant after finding fake, AI-generated cases cited in filings”: Rudi Keller of Missouri Independent has this report on a decision that the Missouri Court of Appeals issued yesterday.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri while Arkansas and North Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals, reports Andrew DeMedillo for the Associated Press. The results mean that 21 states have now approved marijuana’s recreational use and highlight the growing support around the country for legalization.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“Women will make up majority of Missouri Supreme Court after Gov. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “ Parson picks former Montgomery County prosecutor to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy.” ” The post “Women will make up majority of Missouri Supreme Court after Gov. And Jack Suntrup of The St.

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JURIST

AUGUST 20, 2021

Louis challenging a Missouri state law that prohibits enforcement of federal firearms laws and subjects state and local law enforcement officers to civil suits and monetary penalties. Missouri House Bill No. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a 28-page statement of interest in a lawsuit filed by the city of St.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block the execution of a Missouri man after his attorneys argued in a final appeal that his intellectual disabilities made the execution unconstitutional. Shortly after the court issued its brief order , Ernest Johnson was executed by lethal injection at a state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri indicted Walter Lee Hoornstra Wednesday for threatening an Arizona election official. The post Federal grand jury indicts Missouri man over threatening voicemail to Arizona election official appeared first on JURIST - News.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

Missouri is poised to execute Kevin Johnson, convicted of a murder committed when he was 19 years old, civil rights experts from the MacArthur Justice Center wrote for the Missouri Independent. Despite ongoing litigation in the case, the Missouri Supreme Court has set a November date for Johnson’s execution.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 14, 2021

Missouri Supreme Court weighs key transparency case.” “What’s the price of Sunshine? ” Austin Huguelet of The Springfield News-Leader has this report.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2021

“Missouri Supreme Court won’t hear Kevin Strickland’s case. He’s innocent, prosecutors say.” ” Luke Nozicka of The Kansas City Star has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Share Over the objection of the court’s three liberal justices, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from a Missouri death-row inmate who is contesting the state’s method of lethal injection and wants to propose the firing squad as a more humane method of execution. This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post Missouri School Employees Who Sued Over Optional Race Primer Get Dismissed As Frivolous appeared first on Above the Law. Do you know how high the threshold for frivolousness is?

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

“‘Watch it boys and girls’: Missouri cannabis lawyers face warning from state Supreme Court.” ” Jack Suntrup of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

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Above The Law

MARCH 22, 2023

Come Back In A Year : Missouri's Supreme Court gave a lawyer accused of serial sexual assault a year before he could be reinstated because that's what they gave other sexual assaulters. The post Suspicious Investigators, Dubious Dog Toys, And Some Missouri Justice — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Justice Department has asked a court to block a Missouri law that declares certain federal gun laws invalid and threatens financial penalties on state and local agencies that enforce them, arguing the measure violated the Constitution and undermined public safety, reports the Washington Post.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 2, 2022

Missouri , the court held in an opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer that the use of visible restraints is forbidden in a capital trial’s penalty phase, just as it is during the guilt phase. Also on Monday, Missouri Gov. His execution is scheduled to take place by lethal injection in Bonne Terre, Missouri, on Tuesday evening.

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