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1996 Crime Stories

• 11/ 8/1996: Radio Story - FBI investigates charges of voter fraud in Missouri.
• 9/25/1996: Newspaper Story - Hunger strike starts in effort to free a woman prisoner who said the person she killed was a stalker.
• 9/17/1996: Radio Story - On the day Elizabeth Dole arrived in Columbia, a fire bomb exploded outside the city's GOP headquarters.
• 9/13/1996: Radio Story - Prison officials lauch shake-down at state pen.
• 9/12/1996: Radio Story - DNR has donated its two only horses to improve the St Louis mounted police.
• 7/31/1996: Radio Story - Olympic bombing makes police more vigilant at state fair.
• 7/31/1996: Radio Story - Police say no copy-cat threats made against state fair after Olympic bombing.
• 7/29/1996: Radio Story - Mo. Congressman warns of home-grown terrorists' international links.
• 5/16/1996: The House passed the Safe Schools Bill to crack down on violent and disruptive students.
• 5/15/1996: Senate Devotes Precious Time to Cockfighting
• 5/15/1996: Senators defeat amendment to make raising gamecocks illegal
• 5/14/1996: Senate debates killer roosters while other major issues sit on the sidelines.
• 5/13/1996: Predatory sex offenders would face life-time state supervision under bill sent to the governor.
• 5/13/1996: Legislature has passed a sexual offender bill to warn people when a child molester enters their community.
• 5/ 9/1996: Senate adds teacher-assault crime to safe schools bill.
• 5/ 9/1996: Non-married, same-sex pigs authorized to carry concealed weapons under legislative staffer's suggested bill.
• 5/ 7/1996: The torture or mutilation of animals could lead to jail time under bill before governor.
• 4/24/1996: Senate Education Committee approved a measure to let voters decide whether to split forfeitures between schools, police.
• 4/19/1996: The death of an all-night convenience store clerk prompts legislation.
• 4/19/1996: Juvenile crime crackdown is costing state money for new juvenile facilities.
• 4/16/1996: Safe Schools bill sent to the Senate Floor (radio story).
• 4/16/1996: Senate committee removes key part of governor's "Safe Schools" proposal.
• 4/10/1996: Metal detectors and video cameras have helped one St. Louis school become safer.
• 4/10/1996: Concealed weapons vote pushed in House despite NRA opposition.
• 4/10/1996: U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay of execution of Doyle J. Williams.
• 4/ 2/1996: Senator proposes industrial promotion of hemp.
• 4/ 1/1996: NRA opposition kills effort to revive the concealed weapons bill.
• 3/28/1996: Concealed weapons bill is defeated by the Senate.
• 3/28/1996: Staples lets tempers cool down, waits to bring up concealed weapons bill.
• 3/27/1996: The Senate narrowly rejects the concealed weapons bill- for now.
• 3/26/1996: Senate votes to put concealed on the statewide ballot.
• 3/26/1996: Concealed weapons sponsor admits he's illegally carried a concealed weapon.
• 3/26/1996: Senate votes to put concealed weapons on statewide ballot.
• 3/ 7/1996: House approves tougher penalties for sex offenders.
• 3/ 5/1996: School uniforms proposed as approach to making schools safer.
• 3/ 5/1996: The Senate GOP offers Dem. governor support on St. Louis Police Board.
• 3/ 5/1996: A House committee hears bill to require inmates to garden.
• 2/29/1996: A bill would increase benefits for saint Louis policemen and surviving widows and orphans.
• 2/29/1996: House committee hears bill to decriminalize homosexual acts.
• 2/27/1996: A bill approved by Senate would toughen restrictions on sex offenders.
• 2/26/1996: Petition campaign launched against death penalty.
• 2/22/1996: A look at the pros and cons of making vehicular manslaughter a Class B felony.
• 2/15/1996: Radio Story - Morticians want their own guidelines to become state law.
• 2/14/1996: State legislators are debating the best ways to make Missouri's schools safer.
• 2/13/1996: The governor's "Safe Schools" plan passes House committee despite Republican opposition.
• 2/13/1996: Legislators propose tougher penalties against uninsured drivers.
• 2/12/1996: House approves minimum hospital stay for new mothers.
• 2/12/1996: Governor's Safe Schools plan approved by committee.
• 2/ 9/1996: Juvenile workers question value of governor's Safe Schools plan.
• 2/ 2/1996: Governor's Safe Schools plan approved by committees.
• 1/23/1996: Opposition testifies to chain-gang bill.
• 1/17/1996: Law enforcement officials want a referendum for concealed weapons
• 1/17/1996: Senate committee hears support for concealed weapons
• 1/17/1996: Governor tops legislative recommendations with crackdown on crime.
• 1/17/1996: Senate approves toughening penalities for speeding.
• 1/11/1996: New House speaker cites school violence as a top priority.
• 1/11/1996: Governor unveils package to crack down on sex crimes.
• 1/ 9/1996: Senate Committee hears plea for stronger penalities with bill raising speed limits.
• 1/ 4/1996: Preview of the major issues that have emerged for the 1996 legislative session.
• 0/ 0/ 0: Governor's Safe Schools bill swamped with Senate Amendments.