State v. Hart (MLW No. 65335/Case No. SC93153 – 39 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Breckenridge, Stith, Draper and Teitelman, JJ., concur; Fischer, J., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion filed; Russell, C.J., concurs in opinion of Fischer, J.)

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U.S. v. Demeyer (MLW No. 63243/Case No. 10-3596 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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A man previously sentenced to death for a 2001 murder in Hannibal will instead get life in prison. The Hannibal Courier reported Friday that a judge agreed to give Travis E. Glass a life sentence without parole. The change in ...

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An appeals court has affirmed the conviction of Terry Blair for six murder convictions in Kansas City. Blair was found guilty in a judge-tried case last year in Jackson County Circuit Court. He drew six consecutive life sentences for the ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether youths can be sentenced to life in prison for crimes other than murder, agreeing to hear arguments in a pair of Florida cases. The justices on Monday said they will hear appeals ...

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