criminal justice

A TikTok post about Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson reached nearly 1 million people with their claims of unjust incarceration and their pleas for pardons or overturned convictions.

Gov. Mike Parson signed a law on Wednesday that reduces the penalty for those convicted of transmitting HIV to another person.

The omnibus public safety bill received overwhelming bipartisan support, and includes more than 40 provisions that will affect how police, corrections officers, and prosecutors do their jobs.

Strickland has been behind bars since 1979. A judge in DeKalb County could choose to release him at the end of a two-day hearing set for August.

Rep. Cori Bush's new bill is called the People’s Response Act. It’s a $10 billion package aimed at putting community organizations, social workers and nurses on the front lines of the nation’s mental health crisis — and scaling back the role of law enforcement.

Despite setbacks, Strickland's legal team still has an avenue to securing their client's freedom.

The probable causes behind the spike in COVID-19 cases in two north central Missouri counties, and the next legal step for Kevin Strickland who has been wrongly imprisoned for 43 years.

Gov. Mike Parson could still choose to pardon Strickland, which would be exceedingly rare, but Strickland's legal team is pursuing other options for release and exoneration.

The decision means the state's high court will not settle questions about whether a person's innocence is enough to overturn a wrongful conviction.

Despite being declared innocent by the prosecutor's office that convicted him, Kevin Strickland is still doing time for a triple-murder from decades ago that he was not involved in.

In Kansas and Missouri, public defenders have struggled for years with low pay and high caseloads.

A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bi-partisan, compromise bill.