According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, approximately 19,000 people are released from prison every year. Paige Spears was finally released from prison — after 37 years.

La agencia federal afirma que Brayan Garzón-Rayo no recibió una evaluación de salud mental debido a la escasez de personal ese día y a que posteriormente dio positivo por COVID-19.

The federal agency says Brayan Garzón-Rayo did not receive a mental health evaluation due to staffing shortages that day and later testing positive for COVID-19.

The lawsuit filed Monday by the MacArthur Justice Center says conditions at Algoa Correctional Center in the summer violate the constitutional rights of people detained there.

The reforms required after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown to municipal ordinances are complete, and the initiatives surrounding the municipal courts are almost done, too.

Eastern District Court of Appeals says Planned Parenthood must produce ‘de-identified’ medical records or otherwise cite exemptions.

Three years after David Schneider was sentenced to 50 years in prison, his former gymnasts and their families live with the emotional scars of the offenses and the trauma of going to trial. Schneider continues to appeal his conviction.

Former Gov. Mike Parson appointed Melissa Price Smith to replace Wesley Bell when he resigned to take his seat in Congress. Price Smith has already said she plans to run for a full term in 2026.

Marianne Akers was driving westbound on Walnut Street at Monday afternoon when she left the road and drove through a field before slamming into the building that houses the YNOT camp. Four people were killed.

Judge Matthew Schelp questioned why the case should be in federal court.