Peggy Lowe
Investigative ReporterI’m a veteran investigative reporter who came up through newspapers and moved to public media. I want to give people a better understanding of the criminal justice system by focusing on its deeper issues, like institutional racism, the poverty-to-prison pipeline and police accountability. Today this beat is much different from how reporters worked it in the past. I’m telling stories about people who are building significant civil rights movements and redefining public safety.
Email me at lowep@kcur.org.
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A week after his conviction was upheld, the family of Eric DeValkenaere informally filed a clemency request with Gov. Mike Parson. DeValkenaere was convicted of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb in 2019.
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Eric DeValkenaere surrendered to Platte County Sheriff's officials Tuesday after a Missouri appellate court's three-judge panel affirmed his 2021 second-degree manslaughter conviction for the killing of Cameron Lamb.
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The decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier decision that attempts to fix what critics called a “procedural vortex” that unfairly kept people in prison with confusing documents, unfair hearings and petty interpretations of violations.
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Golubski’s victims have long worried that Golubski will not have to face a federal trial on assault and other charges because of his poor health. A trial date has still not been set.
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Hundreds of Kansas Citians are shot each year and survive. Their families have to pick up the piecesHomicides could set a record again this year as non-fatal shootings are down from last year, likely because of deadlier guns on Kansas City's streets. But overall, since 2015, shootings that leave a survivor are rising slightly — meaning more families are struggling with the physical and mental wounds they cause.
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Eric Devalkanaere, found guilty in November 2021 of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, is appealing his conviction. As protestors rallied on the street, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals questioned his attorneys on his version of what happened, including if Lamb was armed.
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Lester, an 84-year-old white man who lives in Kansas City’s Northland, was charged with two felonies for shooting Ralph Yarl on the night of April 13, after the Black teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address.
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Andrew “Dan” Lester, 84, has a preliminary hearing in Clay County Court on Thursday and Friday, where the high-profile case will be held with limited media coverage and a gag on what attorneys can say outside of court.
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Jaynie Crosdale’s family remembers her as charismatic and able to talk to anyone. Her death has brought up questions about how police handle cases of missing Black women.
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The separate attacks allegedly occurred after Dairon Lee Riley, 23, met the women online. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said authorities believe there are more victims.