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2002 Crime Stories

• 10/31/2002: Radio Story - Blunt says he wants to eliminate voter fraud after the chaos of Election Day 2000, which he says put Missouri second to only Florida in terms of polling problems.
• 10/ 6/2002: Radio Story - A new policy doesn't let inmates receive stamps from outside.
• 9/ 4/2002: Newspaper Story - Anti-death penalty leaders claim a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision raises questions about Missourians on death row.
• 5/14/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate removed the state's major population centers from a bill that would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons.
• 5/14/2002: Radio Story - With an amendment proposed by Senator Childers, St. Louis and Kansas City areas are not included in the Senate's Bill.
• 4/24/2002: Radio Story - The house voted to extend the minimum sentence for rape by 5 years.
• 4/24/2002: Newspaper Story - The budget which came out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday reserves a total of $568 million for the Corrections Department, only a $3 million difference from the governor's original recommendation.
• 4/22/2002: Radio Story - Members bypassed another vote by the people like Proposition B in 1999. Instead, this bill will only need the signature of the Governor but he promises to veto it.
• 4/22/2002: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House gives first round approval to allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons.
• 4/16/2002: Radio Story - Henry Rizzo of Kansas City proposes that illegal immigrants receive drivers licenses without presenting a Social Secruity Number.
• 4/15/2002: Newspaper Story - Anti-death penalty legislators try again for a moratorium.
• 4/15/2002: Radio Story - Burning houses of worship would be labaled a hate crime under Representative Haywood's bill.
• 4/ 4/2002: Newspaper Story - House leaders delayed a vote to tap the state's Budget Reserve Fund late Thursday after giving preliminary approval to most of the state's budget.
• 3/14/2002: Radio Story - The Senate gave first round approval to a bill allowing mothers to drop their newborns off at hospitals.
• 3/11/2002: Radio Story - Post-September 11 security checkpoints at Jefferson City's Truman building have led to approximately 18 drug and weapon possession arrests.
• 3/11/2002: Newspaper Story - Security checkpoints at the Truman State Office Building have led to the arrest of 18 people on drug and weapons possession charges since Oct. 9.
• 3/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - The absence of a statute of limitations fopr the prosecution of the crimes of rape and sodomy was clarified in a law adopted Wednesday.
• 3/ 4/2002: Radio Story - In the past two decades, an average of five police officers and three fire fighters have been killed on duty in Missouri annually. Under a new bill, the state would provide a lump sum payment of $150,000 to the survivors of a public safety officer killed while on duty.
• 2/28/2002: Newspaper Story - A bill under consideration in the House Criminal Law Committee would make it a felony under Missouri Law to tamper with pharmaceuticals.
• 2/27/2002: Newspaper Story - Sen. Kinder has proposed a bill that would require the state to have open, competitive bidding for legal counsel.
• 2/27/2002: Newspaper Story - State correctional facilities will be one of the few organizations to benefit under the governor's budget proposal.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Efforts to remove a time limit on rape prosecutions is running into problems in Missouri's legislature.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Legislation to crack down on rape is getting delayed in Missouri's legislature.
• 2/20/2002: Radio Story - The Missouri House gave first round approval to a ban on sex between Alzheimer's patients and nursing home workers.
• 2/18/2002: Radio Story - Senator Mary Bland of Kansas City has hired as a state-salaried aide a felon convicted of taking government funds.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - A bill that would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons is being pushed through the Legislature again.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - Cops would be able to stop you for driving without a seatbelt under a measure presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
• 2/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - About 90 health care workers and parole officers came to the capitol to lobby support for Gov. Holden's proposed use of the rainy day fund to pay for $92.2 million in mental health programs
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - The bill would prevent lawsuits similar to the one St. Louis City filed in 1999.
• 2/ 4/2002: Radio Story - Republicans want new legislation in place to make prosecution of terrorists easier.
• 2/ 4/2002: Radio Story - House Republicans presented proposals to avoid future terrorist attacks.
• 1/29/2002: Newspaper Story - Removal of statute of limitations on rape, sodomy passes House
• 1/28/2002: Newspaper Story - With a voice vote, the Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that removes the 3-year statute of limitations for filing rape charges. The bill will face one more vote in th House before it can move to the Senate.
• 1/17/2002: Radio Story - Carnahan touted her efforts against meth production Thursday, saying that the war against drugs should not be forgotten.
• 1/15/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate transportation committee heard testimony on a bill that would ban passengers from having open alcohol containers in vehicles.