Proposals in the Missouri legislature would allow the wrongfully convicted to seek exoneration, without overburdening the system, this writer argues.

Kids who enter foster care in New Hampshire are three times more likely to end up in a residential program compared to ...

Lisel Petis, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of HB 989: “An Act to amend chapter 557, RSMo, by adding there to five new sections relating to sentence departures due to domestic ...

The number of prison deaths in Missouri has trended upward over the past several years, sparking some in the state to call ...

Missouri lawmakers return today from spring break and get to work on the second half of the legislative session. Here’s what to expect this week: The Missouri House Budget Committee is on deck ...

Missouri's controversial "Second Amendment Preservation Act," which would penalize police for enforcing federal gun laws, was ...

Supporters promise lower crime and safer streets, while critics see a Republican power grab and disregard for voters' choice.

You might have heard the saying, "Bloom where you're planted!" This phrase truly reflects the life of the first African ...

Records the KSHB 41 I-Team obtained show that over an almost four-year period, 427 Kansas City Municipal Court prisoners were released early back into the community.

Speaker Jon Patterson says the Missouri House could debate a proposed constitutional amendment to ban abortion within the ...