Mar 7, 2018
Remember how the “skinny repeal” of Obamacare failed to pass in the Senate by one vote last July? And how McCaskill’s “no” vote determined the outcome of that bill every bit as much as McCain’s did?
Feb 27, 2018
Nearly one in three American adults has a criminal record listed in the FBI’s master criminal database. And a criminal record can prevent someone from obtaining employment. This pricey problem affects everyone.
Feb 26, 2018
Want to Stop School Shooters? Stop Disarming the Teachers
Feb 19, 2018
Political Prosecutions Got 99 Problems & Public Safety Ain’t One
Feb 12, 2018
Medical marijuana is legal in 30 states plus the District of Columbia. (Recreational use is legal in nine of those jurisdictions). A Quinnipiac poll released in January showed that 91 percent of voters support the legalization of medical marijuana.
Feb 6, 2018
Convicted felons are not allowed to work in jobs selling alcohol or lottery tickets in Missouri.
State lawmakers from both the House and Senate are proposing legislation, in a bipartisan effort, to remove that barrier to employment.
Feb 4, 2018
Year of the Roller Coaster? A look at the first 35 days of 2018
Jan 28, 2018
Felons are forbidden from selling lottery tickets in Missouri – by both statute and regulation. And felons are prohibited from participating in the sale of alcohol by Missouri’s regulations, too. Thus, employers at gas stations, convenience stores, restaurants, bars, grocery stores and more often do not have the freedom to give a felon a chance. Yet.
Jan 21, 2018
Currently, Missouri is one of only five states that sends all 17-year-olds accused of a crime to the adult criminal justice system.
Jan 14, 2018
For the past ten years, the misdemeanor of invasion of privacy in the second degree has been special to me. Why? I’ve only seen it charged once, in a case assigned to me at the public defender’s office. And it was the first case that I got to first chair at jury trial (an event I had been impatiently awaiting).