court

Years of legal wrangling have come to an end for a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a discredited police officer.

The charges were lowered to assault due to Blueitt's claims of self-defense.

Sandra Hemme hugged family members after she was released Friday, following more than a month of legal wrangling.

Johnson had long maintained he did not shoot and kill Marcus Boyd in 1994. A judge ruled last year that “clear and convincing” evidence showed Johnson was innocent and freed him after 28 years.

There are currently 253 people in Missouri jails waiting to be transferred to a state hospital for mental health treatment.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law criminalizing parents whose children miss school, ruling against two mothers charged in their young children’s tardiness.

The Missouri Senate approved a bill Thursday that would increase the age that people are automatically tried as adults from 17 to 18.The Senate voted 31-0…

Missouri's assistant attorney general has argued that state law, backed by the vote of the people, makes it clear that marriage is defined as between a…

Prosecutors say two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to death in the woods to please a mythological…

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he does not support the gas chamber method to execute prisoners according to KMOX. The issue of lethal injection in death…