A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars. Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold...
(The Marshall Project — Feb. 14, 2025) Feb. 19, 2025 Who Said That "I’m not against lobbyists. I used to be one." Arkansas state Sen. Mark Johnson. He represents Conway, which is home to Arkansas PBS, but he voted in favor of a bill abolishing its board in part because ...
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We can hear the Seattle grunge scene in Kurt Cobain’s music and feel the hippie San Francisco vibe in the melodies of Jerry Garcia. Check out all 50 singers by American states. Then make your voice heard. Which musician do you think represents their home state the best? Most divisive: ...
In her own words, Dana Canedy's career path "represents the inclusive progress that many people think is now in peril in America." She became the first woman and the first person of color — not to mention the youngest — administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes when she took the helm of th...
A state appeals court ruled on July 8 that Hemme should be set free while it continued to review the case. The next day, July 9, Horsman ruled Hemme should be released to go home with her sister. The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday declined to undo the lower court rulings that ...
"I've never seen it," said Michael Wolff, a former Missouri Supreme Court judge and professor and dean emeritus of Saint Louis University Law School. "Once the courts have spoken, the courts should be obeyed." The lone holdup to freedom came from the attorney general, who filed court ...
Tom Dorsey continued to lead Thomas & Thomas into the era of graphite and today is still involved in T&T rod design, working with new owner Neville Orsmond, who bought the company in 2013. Ted Leeson. An English teacher at Oregon State University, Ted Leeson is one of the most versatile...
Eshoo – who represents California's 16th Congressional District – graduated from Canada College in California. Her first introduction to politics was in 1982, when she was elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Ten years later, Eshoo was elected to the U.S. House of ...
Connolly, a Democrat who represents parts of northern Virginia, has said Pham came there intending to kill him. Pham’s defense attorney, public defender Dawn Butorac, told WRC-TV that Pham has had serious mental illness for decades and was not properly...