Local delegates prepare for Republican National Convention
Jul 16, 2016
Republican delegates from Missouri’s 4th Congressional District will flock to Cleveland on Monday for the party’s 2016 national convention.
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University of Missouri countersues professor in gun lawsuit
Apr 18, 2016
The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms.
New judge to hear Kelli Smith’s case during retrial
Mar 2, 2016
A new judge will preside over the retrial of a Columbia woman convicted of causing a fatal car crash in 2014.
Former Highway Patrol Sgt. calls for shake-up after second questionable investigation
Mar 1, 2016
Two big cases are raising serious questions about Missouri’s top lawmen and their investigations. A former Highway Patrol Sgt. is calling for a shake-up.
NOT SO SECURUS: PART 2 Lawyers Speak Out About Massive Hack of Prisoners’ Phone Records
Feb 12, 2016
IN THE SUMMER of 2013, Missouri criminal defense attorney Jennifer Bukowsky was preparing for an evidentiary hearing in the case of a pro bono client, Jessie McKim. The stakes were high: Along with his co-defendant, James Peavler, McKim had been convicted in 1999 of killing a woman named Wendy Wagnon and was serving life without parole at a maximum security prison. At the upcoming hearing, Bukowsky planned to argue that her client was innocent — and that the murder that sent him to die in prison was never a murder at all.
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.
Move to allow guns at public universities raises question about whether that will make us safer
Jan 15, 2016
Reaction is mixed, and the research is complicated. But, if a lawsuit or legislation prevails, this could be the year that people are allowed to carry a concealed weapon on MU’s campus.
Jury said drunken driver caused fatal I-70 crash, but was she really a victim too?
Dec 23, 2015
There’s a lot that Kelli Smith can’t remember about Feb. 25, 2012.
Woman gets new trial over fermented blood evidence
Dec 22, 2015
Kelli Carin Smith was convicted last year in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors alleged that she was drunk when she drove the wrong way on Interstate 70 east of Columbia. She struck another vehicle, killing the driver and suffering a traumatic brain injury.
Kelli Smith to get new trial, appeals court rules
Dec 22, 2015
A Columbia woman convicted a year ago of causing a fatal wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 will receive a new trial, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.