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David Barnett

David Barnett, Missouri Supreme Court
Apr 17, 2020

Supreme Court declines to redraw line on life without parole

The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to expand a line of cases treating criminal defendants differently if they are under 18 at the time of the crime. In a unanimous ruling April 14, the court affirmed a sentence of life without parole for David Barnett, who was 19 at the time he fatally stabbed his […]

Apr 15, 2020

Missouri high court upholds life sentences for older teens

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled against a Missouri man imprisoned for killing his grandparents at age 19 who had argued that the ban on life sentences for juveniles should also apply to older teenagers. David Barnett, a suburban St. Louis man who now is 43, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life […]

David Barnett, Missouri Supreme Court
Mar 9, 2020

Supreme Court weighs life without parole for man who was 19 at time of crime

The court heard arguments in the case of David Barnett, who stabbed to death his adoptive grandparents in their St. Louis County home in 1996. He was 19 at the time.

Mar 5, 2020

Missouri high court weighs life sentences for older teens

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against mandatory life sentences for juveniles should also apply to older teenagers, a Missouri man imprisoned for killing his grandparents at age 19 argued to the state Supreme Court this week. David Barnett, a suburban St. Louis man who now is 43, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to […]

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