A St. Louis criminal defense lawyer has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in an April car crash he had blamed on exhaustion from a trial that had ended just hours…
Kenneth Baumruk wasn’t able to overturn his death sentence for fatally shooting his wife and firing at the judge, lawyers for both sides and others in the vicinity of a…
Already sentenced to 24 years in a federal bank robbery case, a Washington University law graduate got another 45 years Thursday in a related Missouri case over the shooting…
Lobbyists are expanding their circle of influence as they increasingly target state attorneys general in efforts to persuade the prosecutors to drop investigations or negotiate favorable settlements for corporate clients.
The Department of Justice has denied any involvement in multiple significant leaks concerning a state grand jury investigation of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager.
A now-disbarred Missouri lawyer who fled the U.S. last year, leaving his law practice in disarray, was sentenced Thursday to three years and eight months in federal prison for stealing…
A Missouri lawyer admitted to shooting a state trooper who pulled him over last year as the attorney was attempting to make a getaway after a bank robbery.
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Monday to enjoin a so-called “five-second rule” used by Ferguson police to arrest protesters who linger in one spot for…
A former law student testified on Thursday that she still struggles with anxiety more than two years after two Kansas City radio personalities wrongly labeled her a porn star on…
Five protesters are suing the city of Ferguson and St. Louis County, Missouri, as well as their police chiefs, based on allegations that they were subject to excessive force and…
Attorney General Eric Holder travels to Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday where he will meet with community members and FBI agents conducting a civil-rights investigation.
Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree is calling for the arrest of the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9.