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2009 Judiciary Stories

• 12/ 7/2009: Newspaper Story - One Missouri state representative wants to give voters the chance to block the national health care legislation.
• 12/ 7/2009: Radio Story - Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton has been charged with felony assault.
• 11/18/2009: Radio Story - A fifteen year old Cole County girl plead not guilty to killing a nine-year-old girl.
• 11/16/2009: Radio Story - A judge has denied Missouri's state auditor the right to audit the state's retirement system for local government workers.
• 10/19/2009: Radio Story - President Obama is telling federal prosecutors not to press criminal charges against medical marijuana users in states that OK the practice.
• 9/ 2/2009: Radio Story - Though opponents of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the school funding formula say it is unfair, unequal distribution of funds is perfectly constitutional.
• 9/ 1/2009: Radio Story - State Supreme Court finds the way the state legislature funds school districts is constitutional
• 9/ 1/2009: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit by various school districts challenging state funding to public schools.
• 5/13/2009: Radio Story - A moratorium on the death penalty got voted down in the House despite ardent protests from Democrat Representatives.
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - One Senator led a day long debate that delayed voting on a proposed constitutional amendment.
• 4/21/2009: Newspaper Story - A Missouri watchdog group accused the Missouri Supreme Court of violating the Sunshine Law this week by refusing to provide email correspondence of its employees.
• 4/21/2009: Radio Story - The Supreme Court of Missouri has the power to decide law. But do Missourians have the right to read the Supreme Court's emails?
• 4/14/2009: Newspaper Story - Bill moving through House which would change Mo. public defender system
• 4/14/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting convicted sex offenders from having custody or unsupervised visitation rights.
• 4/ 8/2009: Radio Story - Two Democratic Representatives are trying to do something that hasn't happened in more than 60 years through a state constitutional amendment.
• 4/ 7/2009: Newspaper Story - Constitutional amendment that would change the way state selects Supreme Court and Appeals judges gained initial support in the Missouri House
• 4/ 7/2009: Newspaper Story - The legality of a bill that requires drug tests of welfare recipients was questioned.
• 3/31/2009: Radio Story - A Senate Joint Resolution would put nearly 5,000 Missouri sexual offenders back on the sex offender registry.
• 3/17/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the termination of a Kansas City police officer for excessive force during a September 2003 arrest.
• 3/12/2009: Newspaper Story - Bill passed Senate which would allow motorcyclists to run red lights under certain conditions
• 3/12/2009: Newspaper Story - The state Senate passed a bill which would regulate private prisons for the first time
• 3/11/2009: Newspaper Story - House committee passes fiscal year 2010 budget bills
• 3/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - A new bill introduced would increase penalties for those caught on camera running a red light to the same as being caught by a police officer
• 2/24/2009: Newspaper Story - Criminal sentences would be closer to reality under a proposal filed by Columbia's senator.
• 2/23/2009: Radio Story - Some Missouri senators are pushing legislation that would make abortions more transparent and influence those seeking to receive one.
• 2/18/2009: Radio Story - Lawmakers are discussing a bill that would suspend the death penalty for three years and create a group to study it.
• 2/11/2009: Radio Story - With a shortage of more than one hundred and ninety lawyers, Missouri Public Defenders have been asking for assistance since 2000. One lawmaker is trying to lighten the load on public counsel by offering up private firms to help out.
• 1/28/2009: Radio Story - Missouri Supreme Court Justice calls for more money to defend accused criminals