2018 OMG
Feb 4, 2018
Year of the Roller Coaster? A look at the first 35 days of 2018
Missouri Times
Free to Offer a Second Chance
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.
Raise the Age!
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.
Cameras, Photographs, and Full or Partial Nudity
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).
Hey 2nd Amendment supporters – watch your 6!
Jan 7, 2018
If you force a guy to bring a knife to a gun fight, the outcome of the fight doesn’t tell us much (unless knife guy wins).
It Takes Two to Untangle
Dec 12, 2017
Our Workplace Sexual Harassment Conversation Should Include Women Who Misbehave Too
Bill to repeal death penalty moves to Senate floor
Jan 27, 2016
Sen. Paul Wieland, R-Imperial, made headlines last week for his legislation that would repeal the death penalty in Missouri and now, he’s made history.