Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved in Missouri, but their enslavers ... The Scotts sued in 1846, but their case did not reach the Supreme Court until 1856. In a 7-2 decision, the justices ...

[14] Finally, in 1846, Michigan became the first state to ... South Dakota, Oregon, Arizona, Missouri and Tennessee — the latter in all cases but rape). Votes in other states came close to ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday announced he had appointed a Webster Groves attorney to the St. Louis County ...

A Springfield man who was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a man in 2019 is seeing his appeal move up to the Missouri ...

In a sharply divided decision with significant implications for due process and the right to appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

A northeast Missouri man is facing multiple felony charges following an alleged domestic assault last week. Brant William ...

President Trump is hosting Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House. The nation is holding Kilmar ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that Lyft is subject to liability, setting up potentially “billions of dollars in damages” in similar cases. A Missouri appeals court ...

Missouri, however, is one of the few states where this path is blocked unless the person is on death row. Even when there is irrefutable proof of innocence, the courts currently have no power to act.

He was exonerated after the Missouri Supreme Court found clear and convincing evidence of his innocence. Subsequent cases were mostly denied if they lacked a death sentence, until a 2021 law ...

Schock believes the law is a mean and unconstitutional money grab. In March, the Missouri Legislature agreed with him. It passed a bill that repealed the MIRA law, which had been in place since the ...

This photo gallery, curated by Deputy Director of Photography Special Projects Jacqueline Larma, highlights some of the most ...