The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has a history of pushing for the execution of those found innocent. #antiracism ...

This allowed the Missouri Compromise to become possible, as Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states. The compromise admitted ...

Was the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, an example of that progression of our founding ideals, or was it a step backward? Was Congress ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a ruling upholding Marcellus Williams' ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge's ruling upholding the ...

Executing a Black man in Missouri who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice,” ...

While no federal law exists to prohibit Americans from sharing ballot selfies, it can't be done just anywhere. Many states ...

A Missouri judge on Thursday upheld the conviction of Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate, rejecting a local prosecutor’s ...

Marcellus Williams thought the DNA evidence was enough to remove him from Missouri's death row, perhaps even him from prison.

In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed to sort out this issue. By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri ...

The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30 ...

A 2021 Missouri law allows prosecutors to file a ... That prompted lawyers for Williams and the prosecutor's office to reach a compromise: Williams would enter a new, no-contest plea to first ...