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US Supreme Court declines to block Missouri execution despite potential innocence claim

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to block the execution of Missouri inmate Leonard Taylor despite new evidence potentially proving a wrongful conviction. Last month, Taylor’s attorney filed a request under Missouri law for a hearing to consider new evidence which could prove a wrongful conviction.

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Missouri man pleads guilty to federal hate crime charges for 2019 anti-gay shooting

JURIST

A man from Kansas City, Missouri, Thursday pled guilty to committing a hate crime. US Attorney Teresa Moore of the Western District of Missouri commented: Violence against others, motivated by hatred of their sexual orientation, is unacceptable. Robinson met the teen, identified as M.S., During the interaction, M.S.

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Maryland, Missouri Voters OK Recreational Marijuana

The Crime Report

Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri while Arkansas and North Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals, reports Andrew DeMedillo for the Associated Press. Maryland will also make changes in criminal law and create automatic expungements of past marijuana possession convictions.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. 1976), where the Missouri Supreme Court examined the effect of a gubernatorial pardon on Guastello’s conviction for selling liquor on a Sunday to which he had pleaded guilty. He then sough the return of two firearms.

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Missouri Man Robs Bank Using Back of Birth Certificate While Wearing Ankle Monitor

JonathanTurley

In Missouri, Michael Conley Loyd, 30, pleaded guilty last week to bank robbery. We have come a long way since the heady days of Professor James Moriarty. That is not particularly notable, but Loyd wrote his demand note to the teller on the back of his birth certificate and robbed the bank while wearing an ankle monitor.

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Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 19, 2022

LLRX

Four highlights from this week : How to stop those annoying spam texts; Missouri ends effort to prosecute 'view source' journalist; Researcher 'reverses' redaction, extracts words from pixelated image; and FBI warns of Business Email Compromise attackers impersonating CEOs in virtual meetings.

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Jackson’s confirmation expected by end of week after committee deadlocks along partisan lines

SCOTUSBlog

Ted Cruz of Texas, who overlapped at Harvard Law School with Jackson, characterizing her as “charming” and “talented” and noting that he had “always liked her personally.” But they assailed what Sen.