Missouri Attorney General's Office

Mar 13, 2026

Springfield cited in St. Louis County criminal case on election advocacy

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is charged with election advocacy violations, citing Springfield's similar publicly funded election materials in his defense.

Sep 22, 2025

Missouri Supreme Court reviews self-defense claim in assault case

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a trial judge should have instructed jurors on self-defense and whether he should have intervened during closing arguments in the assault trial of Richard Burkett.

Jan 13, 2023

AGO promotes assistant attorney general

Maddie McMillian Green has been named deputy attorney general for policy in the Missouri Attorney General Office.

Feb 26, 2021

AG won’t bring murder charges in jailhouse death

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has announced that he will not seek charges in connection with the death of Tory Sanders, a Black Tennessee man who died in 2017 after officers restrained him in jail in Mississippi County.

Jul 15, 2020

Southern District OKs lengthy sentence for ‘board bills’ defendant

The Court of Appeals Southern District ruled that a judge didn’t abuse his discretion in sentencing a high-profile but low-income defendant to more than two years in jail on a variety of charges.

Jul 1, 2020

AG weighs reopening jail-restraint death case

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office said it is willing to review the prior administration’s investigation of the death of a Tennessee man who died in 2017 after officers restrained him in jail.

Apr 21, 2020

Missouri sues China over coronavirus pandemic

The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging that nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic. The lawsuit, filed in […]

Apr 8, 2020

Supreme Court finds picketing ban goes too far

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled March 31 the state cannot enforce a blanket ban on picketing by public employees. But a larger case about the rights of public-sector unions is […]

Feb 4, 2020

Missouri paid more than $24M to settle lawsuits in 2019

The Missouri Attorney General‘s office says taxpayers spent more than $24 million in 2019 on lawsuits against the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the $24.2 million paid in […]

Jan 29, 2020

Missouri begins testing backlog of rape kits

The Missouri Attorney General‘s office has begun to send for analysis some of the state’s backlog of untested rape kits. KCUR reports that the state completed a full inventory of the […]

Jan 6, 2020

Deputy AG brings experience to Safer Streets prosecutions

The new year marked a major milestone in an effort to reduce violent crime statewide through greater cooperation between the Missouri Attorney General‘s Office and federal prosecutors. The Safer Streets […]

Dec 12, 2019

Court’s jurisdiction at heart of debate in Lamar Johnson case

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District is considering whether it has jurisdiction to review an effort to reopen Lamar Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction. Johnson was convicted in 1995 of […]