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Mo. Supreme Court affirms Bowman's murder conviction, reverses death row sentence

Maria Altman — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:53:50 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction for Gregory Bowman, but reversed the sentence that put him on death row.

Former Sunset Hills police officer Miller sentenced to 8 years in prison for DUI crash

Adam Allington, The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:52:36 +0000

Updated at 5:00 p.m. March 10, 2011 with additional comments.

Former Sunset Hills police officer Christine Miller received her sentence today for the 2009 drunk driving accident that killed four people.

Miller was sentenced today after pleading guilty to all five counts against her in December 2010. She faced 4 counts for involuntary manslaughter and 1 for second-degree assault.

Sentencing handed down for former St. Louis liquor control officer

Kelsey Proud — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:43:57 +0000

In November 2010, James Allen Morgan, a former St. Louis city liquor control officer, plead guilty to bribery charges. Today, Morgan found out just how he'll be punished.

According to a Department of Justice press release, Morgan received the following sentence:

Five months in prison
Five months home confinement
Two years of supervised release

And what was Morgan's crime?

Former cop Shade gets 27 months in towing scandal sentencing

Rachel Lippmann and Kelsey Proud — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Shade gets stiffest sentence in Metropolitan St. Louis Towing scandal; decision to stop cooperating added to the length.