Dec 11, 2014
The defense and prosecutors sparred over the validity of the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation and questions about a sexual assault Wednesday in the trial of a Mid-Missouri woman accused in a fatal 2012 Montgomery County crash.
Nov 1, 2014
Job description: I fight to protect the rights, records and freedom of the accused in criminal and traffic cases.
Sep 27, 2014
Republicans should embrace marijuana legalization and gay marriage to show voters they are serious about their message of greater individual freedoms, attorney Jennifer Bukowsky said Friday evening to a gathering of GOP activists.
Aug 26, 2014
After more than seven months in the Boone County Jail for his part in the Jan. 2 shooting death of 23-year-old Dontay Tolston, Derrick Q. Copelin pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge and was sentenced to time served.
Jul 6, 2014
The coincidence of being released from prison just before a holiday when Americans celebrate freedom was not lost on Anthony Williams.
Jul 3, 2014
A 34-year-old man sentenced to life in prison without parole in a teenager’s 1993 dance hall death was freed Thursday after a legal compromise spurred by a judge’s favorable ruling on his claims of innocence.
Jul 3, 2014
A St. Louis man who had his sentence of life without parole vacated by a judge last month walked free Thursday after a compromise with prosecutors that saw him resentenced to the 20 years he’d already spent in prison for a 1993 murder.
Anthony Williams, who still asserts his innoc
Jun 20, 2014
A judge has thrown out the conviction of a St. Louis man imprisoned for two decades in a teenager’s dance hall slaying, faulting the conduct of police and prosecutors and saying “principles of justice and fundamental fairness” require the action.
2014
It took two botched police lineups, several erroneous witness statements and no physical evidence to lock up 14-year-old Anthony Williams for life in the shooting of a fellow teen he did not know. Twenty years later, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga psychology professor helped unravel the case and set Williams free.
Jan 1, 2014
Being young has its benefits. A pulse on new trends. Big hopes and dreams. Endless amounts of energy and enthusiasm.
With a record-breaking number of nominations, we’ve selected 20 rock stars on the Columbia business scene — all under the age of 40 — who exemplify a desire to grow professionally and personally and help Columbia grow, too. Congratulations, class of 2014!