Wesley Bell's top aide made more than $650K by moonlighting
That’s more than Sam Alton was paid as the full-time chief of staff for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
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That’s more than Sam Alton was paid as the full-time chief of staff for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Kevin Johnson is scheduled to be executed by the state of Missouri on Nov. 29. A jury of six white and six Black members deadlocked on whether he was guilty of first-degree murder or a lesser charge. When he went back for a second trial, he ended up with just three Black jurors — and a guilty verdict of first-degree murder.
All-white juries continue to sentence Black defendants to death — because the legal system allows it.
It's illegal to eliminate a juror on the basis of race. But in practice, it's all too common