Missouri’s signature requirements for citizen-sponsored constitutional amendments have sparked debate over whether they create significant barriers to direct democracy, with supporters arguing that they ensure broad public support and critics contending that they disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
A coalition of civil rights organizations has filed a federal class action lawsuit alleging the Missouri Department of Mental Health is illegally leaving people with serious mental illness to deteriorate in jail without court-ordered treatment.
Missouri executed Lance Collin Shockley despite widespread pleas for clemency and questions about his guilt, with advocates and faith leaders urging Governor Mike Kehoe to stop the execution until untested DNA evidence could be examined.
Lance Shockley’s attorneys and advocates are urging Governor Mike Kehoe to grant clemency, citing grave flaws in his conviction and sentencing, including questionable ballistics analysis, juror misconduct, and a judicial override that imposed a death sentence despite a divided jury.
Sandra Hemme, who spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, is suing the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, for allegedly concealing and manipulating evidence that led to her wrongful conviction.
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