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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner

Jul 16, 2020

Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St. Louis couple

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday urged Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis' elected prosecutor, accusing her of abuse of power in her investigation of a white couple who wielded guns while defending their home during a protest.

Jan 15, 2020

Black prosecutors back Gardner, say they’ve faced resistance

One day after St. Louis’ top prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit alleging a concerted and racist conspiracy to push her out of office, other black female prosecutors from across the U.S. defended Kim Gardner, saying they’ve faced the same resistance in their own communities. Six prosecutors, already in St. Louis for a university’s panel discussion, […]

Jan 14, 2020

St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests trying to force her out

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her out of office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, also accused “entrenched interests” of intentionally impeding her efforts to […]

Jan 14, 2020

St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests trying to force her out

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her out of office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, also accused “entrenched interests” of intentionally impeding her efforts to […]

Dec 24, 2019

Supreme Court to weigh Lamar Johnson case

The Court of Appeals Eastern District says it doesn’t have the power to let Lamar Johnson’s case be reopened, but perhaps the Missouri Supreme Court can. The appeals court on Dec. 24 dismissed an appeal seeking a new trial for Johnson, who was convicted of murder in 1995. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner now […]

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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 killing Marcus Boyd in a drug-related dispute. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, whose office now contends he was wrongfully convicted, sought a new trial for […]

Nov 4, 2019

Prosecutors, legal scholars back appeal in murder case

Dozens of legal ethics scholars and prosecutors have joined an effort get a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for murder in Missouri. A brief filed last week by 106 scholars, including law professors from Stanford and Harvard, supports St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner’s effort to get a new trial for […]

Nov 4, 2019

Prosecutors, legal scholars back appeal in murder case

Dozens of legal ethics scholars and prosecutors have joined an effort get a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for murder in Missouri. A brief filed last week by 106 scholars, including law professors from Stanford and Harvard, supports St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner’s effort to get a new trial for […]

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