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Hundreds of Missouri Prisoners May Be Released Under New Sentencing Reform Law

Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019

Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Sentencing

Hundreds of Missouri Prisoners May Be Released Under New Sentencing Reform Law by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed into law in early July reforms to the state’s sentencing and parole laws that may help hundreds of prisoners obtain early release. The new measures allow prisoners …

Black Drivers in Missouri 91 Percent More Likely to Be Stopped Than White Drivers

Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Police, Racial Profiling

Black Drivers in Missouri 91 Percent More Likely to Be Stopped Than White Drivers by Bill Barton by Bill Barton A report by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt reveals that black motorists in that state are 91 percent more likely to be pulled over than whites. The 2018 report illuminating …

St. Louis Ordered to Stop Holding Detainees Simply Because They Can’t Afford Bail

Article • August 21, 2019 • from CLN September, 2019

Filed under: Bail

St. Louis Ordered to Stop Holding Detainees Simply Because They Can’t Afford Bail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In response to a lawsuit, District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig of the Eastern District of Missouri ruled in favor of four detainees in St. Louis’ City Workhouse, forbidding St. Louis’ “jail …

Missouri Supreme Court Issues Writ of Prohibition Prohibiting Circuit Court From Revoking Probation After Probation Term Had Already Expired

Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019

Filed under: Probation

Missouri Supreme Court Issues Writ of Prohibition Prohibiting Circuit Court From Revoking Probation After Probation Term Had Already Expired by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 11, 2014, the circuit court sentenced Travis Jones to 10 years in prison following his guilty plea to one count of felonious restraint. …

Missouri - Allowed Publications 2012-2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Missouri - Allowed Publications 2012-2019 Date Entered Friday, December 21, 2012 Monday, December 24, 2012 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Thursday, December 27, 2012 Title of Publication Playboy National Geo. Volume/Issue Number Jan/Feb 2013 Jan/2013 Confessions of a Mob Hitman by Ray Flynn SI Trader vol 34, no 52 Publisher Name …

Missouri - Censored Publications 2012-29Oct2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Missouri - Censored Publications 2012-29Oct2019 Missouri Department of Corrections Censored Publications (2012 - Current) Prepared for Sunshine Law Request - 29Oct2019 Date Entered Title of Publication Thursday, August 09, 2012 Reflected In You Friday, December 21, 2012 Cold Crib Friday, December 21, 2012 Penthouse Friday, December 21, 2012 Volume/Issue Number …

Missouri police officer decertificaitons

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Missouri police officer decertificaitons Missouri revocations list provided to USA TODAY in 2017 FirstName AARON ABDUL WILLIAM WILLIAM TOMMY CLIFFORD MICHAEL DWAYNE CHARLES TED MARLA HENRIETTA JEAN JOSHUA WILLIAM MARK MICHAEL CORY ROBERT KENT ROBERT DAVID BRUCE KEITH JOHN RACHEL KEITH TERRY CHARLES JOSHUA DAVID SCOTT JAMIE WILLIAM MARVIN ALEXANDER …

Wright, et al. v. Family Support Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services, et al., MO., class action, jury demand, driver license suspensions without due process, 2019

Brief • March 4, 2019

Filed under: Inability to Work, Class Notice, Money/Property, Family, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Wright, et al. v. Family Support Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services, et al., MO., class action, jury demand, driver license suspensions without due process, 2019 Case: 4:19-cv-00398 Doc. #: 1 Filed: 03/04/19 Page: 1 of 37 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …

St. Louis Police Department Fighting Prosecution Exclusion List

Article • December 30, 2018 • from CLN January, 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Databases, Witnesses

St. Louis Police Department Fighting Prosecution Exclusion List by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has a list of 28 of the city’s police department officers whose cases her office will no longer accept, citing credibility issues. Already Gardner’s office has refused the prosecution of …

Snarky Facebook Post Not True Threat; Officers Denied Qualified Immunity

Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018

Filed under: Qualified Immunity, False Arrest, Police State-Surveillance

Snarky Facebook Post Not True Threat; Officers Denied Qualified Immunity by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment to police officers who arrested a man for a snarky Facebook post without conducting even a minimal investigation. James …

Missouri DOC - Securus commissions

Kickback publication • November 29, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

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Missouri DOC - Securus Rates 2017-2018

Kickback publication • November 15, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Missouri DOC - Securus Rates 2017-2018 EXHIBIT A COST (PRICING SECTION) REVISED PER BAFO #001 REVISED PER AMENDMENTS #001, #003, AND #004 The offeror shall provide firm, fixed pricing for the offender telephone system pursuant to all mandatory requirements herein, including furnishing, installing, providing any necessary hardware and software, monitoring, …

Missouri DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2011-2018

Kickback publication • November 15, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Missouri DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2011-2018 NOTICE OF CONTRACT RENEWAL State Of Missouri Office Of Administration Division Of Purchasing POBox809 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0809 http:lloa.mo.govlourchasing :bYZ /JO/Ct CONTRACT NUMBER CONTRACT TITLE C211019001 AMENDMENT NUMBER Offender Telephone System 006 REQUISITION NUMBER June 28, 2011 Through June 30, 2018 VENDOR NUMBER …

Missouri DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2018-2024

Kickback publication • November 15, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

Missouri DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2018-2024

Missouri DOC - Securus Rates 2018-2024

Kickback publication • November 15, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Missouri DOC - Securus Rates 2018-2024 • EXHIBIT A COST (PRICING PAGES) The vendor shall provide firm, fixed pricing for the offender telephone system pursuant to all mandatory requirements herein, including furnishing, installing, providing any necessary hardware and software, monitoring, maintaining at each of the institutions referenced in Attachment #1. …

$600,000 Awarded Missouri Man in Legal Malpractice Verdict After 17 Years in Prison

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Malpractice (Attorneys)

$600,000 Awarded Missouri Man in Legal Malpractice Verdict After 17 Years in Prison by In May 2018, jurors in a Newton County Circuit courtroom awarded $600,000 to a man who spent 17 years in a Missouri prison before his conviction was overturned by that state’s supreme court. Dwight D. Laughlin …

Missouri High Court Holds Checkbox-Style Search Warrant Constitutes an Unconstitutional General Warrant

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Police Searches

Missouri High Court Holds Checkbox-Style Search Warrant Constitutes an Unconstitutional General Warrant by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A search warrant with checkboxes generally describing the purpose of the warrant lacked particularity and probable cause and was an unconstitutional “general search warrant,” the Supreme Court of Missouri held. The Court …

Missouri Supreme Court Clarifies No Resisting Arrest Charge Once Arrest is Completed

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Arrest and Booking

Missouri Supreme Court Clarifies No Resisting Arrest Charge Once Arrest is Completed by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A defendant trying to break free of an officer’s grip while already under arrest and in handcuffs was not “resisting arrest” because the defendant was not trying to prevent his arrest, the …

Zieser v. Bearden, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018

Brief • July 2, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault

Zieser v. Bearden, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI Ashley Marie Olsen Zieser, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. EDWARD BEARDEN, VEVIA STURM, JOHN OR JANE DOE #1, and …

Betz v. Bearden, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018

Brief • June 5, 2018

Betz v. Bearden, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI LYNNSEY BETZ, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. EDWARD BEARDEN, VEVIA STURM, JOHN OR JANE DOE #1, and JOHN OR …