Missouri attorneys criticize special prosecutor bill as an effort to 'disenfranchise voters'
Less than a week after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey began efforts to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office, a Senate...
Less than a week after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey began efforts to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office, a Senate committee heard testimony on legislation widely seen as an attempt to strip power from her. The bill, which has multiple provisions related to crime, includes a portion allowing the governor to appoint a special prosecutor to address certain violent crimes. It has already passed the House. Only jurisdictions where the homicide case rate exceeds 35 per 100,000 people would be subject to that portion of the bill.