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14 Aug, 2007 1:04 pm
... met in secret to pick the three finalists for the vacant Supreme Court seat "without giving the public notice of their meetings by date, time and place, all of which are required by
the Sunshine Law." The St. Joseph Republican asked Attorney General Jay Nixon to investigate all seven members of the commission, which picks finalists for top court seats around the
state. One member is state Supreme Court Chief ...
9 Jun, 2007 12:37 am
Jefferson City, Mo. - Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed motions with the Missouri Supreme Court requesting execution dates be set for ten capital punishment inmates. Earlier this week, the 8th
Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a federal district court's stay of all Missouri executions using lethal injection and ruled that the state's lethal injection procedure is
constitutional under the Eighth Amendment. Today's action involves the renewal of ...
6 Sep, 2007 2:06 am
... the first case to reach the high court after being fully litigated and reviewed on appeal, according to Taylor's attorneys. "It therefore offers this court a uniquely
well-timed and appropriate occasion to provide urgently needed guidance to the states ... Amendment and what minimal standards and safeguards states should be required to adopt in
carrying out executions. Missouri Attorney General Jay
Nixon's office declined to comment Wednesday. Matthew Hellman, one of the attorneys for Taylor, said ...
20 Jun, 2008 10:20 pm
In what may prove to be a lengthy legal proceeding, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed suit against Forever Network, Inc., an affiliate of National Prearranged Services (NPS). While the
suit may duplicate the injunctions ... , together with interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and all reasonable costs of collection, including attorneys' fees. NPS
aggressively marketed preneed contracts on an installment basis that incorporated vague finance charges and "premature death discount fees ...
21 May 9:12 am
... Missouri Supreme Court ruled the protocol constitutional. And the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the general method of lethal injection used in
Missouri and most other states. In the wake of those court rulings, then-Attorney General
Jay Nixon asked the court to set execution dates for 14 Missouri death row ... with state law and
respects even the most minimal due process guarantees," attorney Jennifer Merrigan wrote in the appeal. Skillicorn, who has been involved in
many positive activities ...
20 Jan, 2008 3:26 am
... its death chamber. Doerhoff's reprimand was no secret to Attorney General Jay Nixon's office. Nixon's office, which fought to keep Doerhoff's ... ."
Then he shut the door. The Post-Dispatch asked Friday to speak with Attorney General Jay Nixon about his office's defense of Missouri's lethal-injection ... 's identity in court and whether he knew
about the reprimand. The department said Nixon was unavailable, but issued this statement: "The doctor who administers this procedure was hired
and retained by ...
2 May 8:10 am
Found this from 2003, a press release from the then Missouri A.G.: Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed a lawsuit in St. Louis against the maker of Hydroxycut, marketed to consumers as a safe and
tested over-the- ... " were false. "MuscleTech's own consultants had serious concerns about the safety of Hydroxycut, but the company continued to market the product," Nixon said. "The disclaimers and warnings on the bottle label are so small as to be useless to many consumers, so they would not be able to ...
30 May, 2008 9:37 am
... they need to consider two issues: their need for Nixon's help and cooperation, and the complicity of some funeral directors in the NPS
impropriety. NPS made ... regulators maybe the political dispute between Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon that prompted the AG's Office to pull its staff ...
already stretched. In reality, the NPS situation existed long before the AG pulled its attorneys, and the posturing has already begun for that issue. The NPS meltdown has
regulators ...
13 Aug, 2008 6:34 pm
... and attacked his primary opponent, Sarah Steelman, on numerous occasions for her opposition. The Democratic candidate, Missouri Attorney
General Jay Nixon, is opposed to Missouri's tort reform
movement. Whoever wins in November, the health, well ... of helping injured Americans rather than protecting the bottom line of billion dollar corporations. It is my personal opinion
that a vote for Jay Nixon is the only way for Missourians to stand up and fight against the erosion
of common law and statutory ...
30 Oct, 2008 11:30 pm
... can be enforced in its entirety after a federal appeals court order Thursday, Attorney General
Jay Nixon said. The order means that the state's registered sex offenders ... Halloween. The stay had
been sought by Republican Gov. Matt Blunt and Nixon, a Democrat. "This stay comes not a moment too soon, as hundreds of thousands of Missouri
... retroactively. But on Thursday, the Patrol's Lt. John Hotz said that because the Attorney General's office has said the law is enforceable, the Patrol will report any ...
23 Aug, 2007 8:52 am
... Court to set execution dates for Taylor and nine other condemned inmates sought by Attorney General Jay Nixon. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' action
effectively lifted a ... court on Aug. 7 refused to take up Taylor's case. Taylor's attorney, Ginger Anders, said she will ask the U.S. Supreme
Court to review the appeals ... set execution dates for Michael Taylor and nine other condemned inmates sought by Attorney General Jay Nixon. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. in Kansas City
imposed ...
22 Apr, 2008 8:47 am
... or sodomizing a child are currently required to spend a minimum 30 years in prison, after the General Assembly toughened penalties for
those crimes in 2006. And: The Senate committee's passage ... Springfield. The Post-Dispatch also has a blog post by reporter Jake Wagman, "Nixon, too, backs death penalty for child rapists." Though he probably didn't mention it today, Gov. Matt Blunt's old sparring partner, Attorney General Jay Nixon, also
backs the death penalty for child rapists. Blunt, speaking ...
7 Oct, 2008 12:54 pm
... often occurring in public servants and politically aspiring persons who can pass this psychological disorder onto others, generally occurring around holidays and elections.
The disease is characterized by abnormal delusional visions of perceived horrific events creating ... are too vague to enforce and improperly add punishment to sentences already served.
A spokesman for Attorney General Jay Nixon vowed to defend the statute. The provision, part of a broader bill signed into law this summer, says ...
16 Jun, 2007 7:45 pm
... execution for Michael Taylor remains in effect. Cheryl Wittenauer The Associated Press St. Louis Attorney General Jay Nixon's move to set an execution date for condemned killer
Michael Taylor is "blatantly premature," his attorney argued in documents filed Friday with the Missouri Supreme Court. A lower federal court's
stay of ... 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies a request to hear Taylor's case, attorney Ginger Anders wrote. Anders said she plans to
file that request on July 2 and, ...
4 Jan, 2007 12:26 am
... million to state consumers in 2006 © 2006, Springfield News-Leader Missouri Attorney General
Jay Nixon's office returned a record $5.2 million to consumers ... consumer complaints and obtaining
restitution without the need to set foot in a courtroom," Nixon said in a written statement. "Our track record of helping consumers get their
... and efficient," the statement said. In addition to the $5.2 million returned to consumers, Nixon's office recovered $331,559 in consumer
restitution through legal action ...
21 Apr, 2008 6:32 pm
... law. The governor, speaking at an afternoon news conference outside the St. Louis County courthouse, urged the Missouri General Assembly to
pass legislation that would add the sentence of death to forcible rape and forcible sodomy cases when the victim is ... fits the crime." As Doug Berman notes, Governor Blunt is joined
by his political opponent and current attorney general, Jay
Nixon, in support of the proposed statute. This shouldn't be much of a surprise since both Blunt and Nixon joined an ...
29 Oct, 2008 9:00 am
... enacted until after their sentence. Attorney Chris Quinn, who represented Gov. Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon in
the suit, countered that maintaining that all registered sex offenders remain in their homes from 5 p.m. to ... Quinn said, lay in the conviction itself. Quinn argued that Halloween is
such an old and recognized holiday that the general public should understand what the phrase "Halloween related activity" is intended to mean
in the statute. Judge Jackson interjected and asked ...
31 Oct, 2008 4:29 am
... response to a suit by four sex offenders who had served their sentences. Attorney General
Jay Nixon, representing his office and that of Gov. Matt Blunt, appealed. ... Missouri children
prepare to go trick-or-treating Friday night," said a statement from Nixon's office. A spokesman vowed to respond if the ACLU appeals. The
Missouri Highway ... court ruling. Ed Postawko, chief warrant officer for the St. Louis circuit attorney's office, would not commit on what
would happen with cases submitted by police ...
10 Jun, 2007 3:20 am
... week of a federal appeals court to reinstate the death penalty in Missouri. We respect the fact that Blunt, and Attorney General Jay Nixon, and many other Missouri politicians, probably a
majority of them, are in favor of the death penalty. ... we believe is its weakest defense. "Capital punishment is a vital deterrent to the most serious of crimes," Blunt said in
joining Nixon in practically cheering the court's ruling. How ironically sad that the one issue these two rivals agree on is the rush to ...
13 Aug 2:23 am
... - a weight-loss supplement for female fitness competitors or other sportswomen. On March 27, 2003, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in St. Louis against Hydroxycut's
manufacturer MuscleTech Research and Development, Inc stating ... of Hydroxycut with ephedra - including death - were not adequately described or disclosed in marketing and labelling of
the product." Nixon also alleged that the "before" and "after" photographs were misleading, and that one woman's "before" photo was ...
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