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Missouri Executes Brian Dorsey Despite Pleas To Spare His Life
10Apr By adminNo Comments
Politics

Missouri Executes Brian Dorsey Despite Pleas To Spare His Life

Missouri executed 52-year-old Brian Dorsey on Tuesday, despite pleas to spare his life from more than 70 correctional officers, a judge who upheld Dorsey’s death sentence on appeal, several jurors on the case and some victim family members.Dorsey was killed with a lethal injection of pentobarbital, punishment for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006 after bingeing crack cocaine, a drug that caused him to experience psychosis. Following the advice of his appointed lawyers, who were paid a flat fee, Dorsey pleaded guilty without securing a deal from the state to take the death penalty off the table. After a two-day sentencing trial, a jury sentenced him to death. As more details came to light about Dorsey’s case, a flurry of surprising supporters lined up to urge Missouri Gov. Mike Pa...
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard is being released from prison next week. Here’s what to know
23Dec By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is being released from prison next week. Here’s what to know

In 2016, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years for her role in her mother's gruesome murder. The case had made headlines a year earlier when a stunning Facebook post led police to her body inside their Missouri home.The then-23-year-old was found less than 600 miles away from the crime scene with her boyfriend, Nick Godejohn. They were both arrested and charged with murder. Blanchard later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.What initially appeared to be a fraud scheme gone wrong devolved into a story of abuse. The story later inspired the 2019 Hulu miniseries, "The Act," starring Joey King as Blanchard and Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee, which would go on to win an Emmy and a Golden Globe. When will Gypsy Rose Blanchard be released from priso...
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Josh Hawley Loves Lina Khan
22Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Josh Hawley Loves Lina Khan

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley doesn’t hide his disdain for Mitch McConnell. But does he have to take Republican administrative agency appointees hostage to spite the Senate Minority leader?Mr. Hawley on Wednesday told Mr. McConnell in a letter that he would deny unanimous consent this week to confirm Republicans Andrew Ferguson to the Federal Trade Commission and Todd Inman to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Senate left town for the year without voting on the nominees. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case
18Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case

Bayer faces a payout of $1.56 billion after a Missouri jury found in favor of three people who blamed its popular Roundup weedkiller for causing their cancers.The ruling is the fourth in a row to go against Bayer during a roller-coaster five-year legal battle over Roundup, the world’s most popular weedkiller, that included nine straight victories for the company, as well as earlier losses. The cases represent tens of thousands of claims from farmers and gardeners.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Josh Hawley’s Unoriginal Constitution – WSJ
7Nov By adminNo Comments
Business

Josh Hawley’s Unoriginal Constitution – WSJ

Since the Supreme Court unleashed independent political spending in 2010’s Citizens United v. FEC, progressives have forecast the ruin of American politics by corporate spending. More than a decade on, elections are competitive and no doom has come to pass, but the same false alarm is now making the rounds on the political right. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced legislation to reverse Citizens United as a way to punish corporations whose progressive politics he dislikes. He told RealClearPolitics that his “goal is to get corporate money out of our politics,” and to stop companies from “controlling our elections.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Jury Finds Realtors Conspired to Keep Commissions High
1Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Jury Finds Realtors Conspired to Keep Commissions High

Updated Oct. 31, 2023 5:56 pm ETKANSAS CITY, Mo.—A federal jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages liable for about $1.8 billion in damages after determining they conspired to keep commissions for home sales artificially high.The verdict could lead to industrywide upheaval by changing decades-old rules that have helped lock in commission rates even as home prices have skyrocketed—which has allowed real-estate agents to collect ever-larger sums. It comes in the first of two antitrust lawsuits arguing that unlawful industry practices have left consumers unable to lower their costs even though internet-era innovations have allowed many buyers to find homes themselves online.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ...
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