Katie Moore
Reporter at The Marshall Project
Enterprise and accountability reporter with @kcstar. [email protected] 🌻
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3 weeks ago |
missouriindependent.com | Katie Moore
The first thing Sandra “Sandy” Hemme did after walking out of prison in July 2024 — after spending 43 years behind bars — was visit her father. He was in the hospital battling kidney failure. Ten days later, he was gone. Hemme, now 65, had been held for a crime she said she didn’t commit — the 1980 murder of a woman in St. Joseph, about an hour north of Kansas City. In June 2024, a judge agreed. By then, she had lost decades with her parents, siblings and a young child.
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3 weeks ago |
themarshallproject.org | Katie Moore |HG Biggs |Emily Curiel
The first thing Sandra “Sandy” Hemme did after walking out of prison in July 2024 — after spending 43 years behind bars — was visit her father. He was in the hospital battling kidney failure. Ten days later, he was gone. Hemme, now 65, had been held for a crime she said she didn’t commit — the 1980 murder of a woman in St. Joseph, about an hour north of Kansas City. In June 2024, a judge agreed. By then, she had lost decades with her parents, siblings and a young child.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
kansascity.com | Katie Moore
An 80-year-old man convicted of killing his wife in Blue Springs will not get a new trial after a judge ruled his appeal relied on evidence already denied by the courts and that his testimony had "limited credibility."Ken Middleton was convicted in the February 1990 shooting death of his wife Kathy Middleton and sentenced to life without parole.
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Nov 25, 2024 |
kansascity.com | Katie Moore
Kansas City Municipal Court will launch a Wellness Court in January 2025 that combines the existing Mental Health and Drug courts, which are specialty tracks intended to get people into treatment. Kansas City Municipal Judge Martina Peterson opened a recent court session by telling defendants, "We care about you."Some had a diagnosis like bipolar disorder.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
thebrunswicknews.com | Katie Moore
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Christopher Collings has two weeks to live unless the U.S. Supreme Court or the Missouri governor steps in to halt his execution. Attorneys for the 49-year-old said as 6 p.m. on Dec. 3 approaches, their client has been scared and nervous.
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It took Sandra Hemme 43 years to clear her name in Missouri, a state where legal & political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence. “I felt so light that it was hard to explain,” she said of her release. https://t.co/yAAOCGsMcB
The Missouri Attorney General's Office has filed a motion requesting an execution date for Lance Shockley. SCOTUS denied review of his case yesterday with Justices Sotomayor and Jackson dissenting. This will be Gov. Mike Kehoe 's first clemency decision in a death penalty case. https://t.co/u86mDy80Cj