Karsjens v. Piper (MLW No. 70062/Case No. 15-3485 – 23 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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It has been harder and harder in recent years for Missouri lawmakers to regulate the conduct of convicted sex offenders, but a new ruling could turn the tables.

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The Missouri Supreme Court has once again upheld the constitutionality of a statute that confines sexual offenders indefinitely after they have completed their sentences.

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Missouri has done a better job getting sex offenders to register but still has work to do to comply with federal requirements. Auditor Susan Montee found 7 percent of Missouri sex offenders had not complied with state registration requirements through ...

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Missouri has done a better job getting sex offenders to register but still has work to do to comply with federal requirements. Auditor Susan Montee found 7 percent of Missouri sex offenders had not complied with state registration requirements through ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed skepticism for both sides of a case challenging a statute that restricts sex offenders on Halloween. Judge Laura Denvir Stith asked Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger whether upholding certain conditions on Halloween – ...

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A state prosecutor argued Wednesday that staying away from children on Halloween is a constitutional consequence of being a convicted sex offender. The Missouri Supreme Court heard the arguments in a case about whether restrictions against sex offenders passing out ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on the constitutionality of a statute barring sex offenders from interacting with trick-or-treaters. A law went into effect in 2008 that restricts the activities of sex offenders on Halloween. Those prohibitions ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, Dec. 2 over a constitutional challenge to a 2008 law that restricted the activities of sex offenders on Halloween night. The law requires sex offenders to stay inside their homes ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a trial court's decision that 10 anonymous sex offenders can't be required to register as sex offenders. According to lawyers on both sides, the court's decision Tuesday is likely to apply to all sex offenders living in Missouri. "The decision as written is possibly broad enough to include the offenders who had no requirement of registration as a [result] of the Doe v. Phillips case," said Jamie K. Lansford, of Benson & Associates in Kansas City.

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Activist settles one protest mural suit ST. LOUIS (Daily Record) Eminent domain activist Jim Roos and the city of St. Louis are one step closer to getting a resolution on a question that has been plaguing both parties since 2007. ...

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