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Kansas City Criminal Defense Attorney Breaks Down Juvenile Prosecutions, Sentencing
JP Law

April 14, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, the Northeast Middle School student

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Family, Advocates of Keith Carnes Call for His Immediate Release from Prison
JP Law

April 9, 2022

LICKING, Mo. — Family and advocates of Keith Carnes are asking for his immediate release from prison

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Investigation Continues 1 Year After KCPD Officers Shot, Killed Malcolm Johnson
JPLaw

March 30, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Friday marked one-year since Kansas City, Missouri, police officers shot and killed Malcolm Johnson and the case

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MBC 9 Investigates: A Drug Overdose, a Jail Restraint Chair, Detox, Duct Tape, Then Death
Matt Flener 

Nov. 22, 2021

Two sheriff’s deputies stood over a man they had just brought into the Newton County jail’s detox cell 10 minutes

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Man Accused in 1993 Murder Acquitted, Co-defendant’s Testimony Not Adequate
JP Law

Nov. 15, 2021

A Jackson County jury acquitted a man Wednesday of murdering a Kansas City man three years ago. Jurors

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Jeffrey Sauerbry Found Not Guilty in Death of Door-To-Door Survey Worker Summer Shipp
JP Law

Nov. 15, 2021

An Independence jury returned a not guilty verdict Thursday in the case of a man accused of murdering a door

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Murder Trial Finally Is Set to Begin in Death of Door-To-Door Research Worker Summer Shipp
JP Law

Nov. 15, 2021

Eleven years have passed since Summer Shipp, a petite Kansas City mother and former owner of a Westport

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Donahue Receives 10-Year Sentence on Manslaughter Charge
Sue Sterling

Nov. 15, 2021

Jema Donahue received a 10-year prison sentence Monday, Jan. 28, on charges related to the shooting

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Newton County, Neosho Officials to Pay $630,000 to Mother, Children of Joplin Man Who Died in County Jail
JPLaw

Oct. 18, 2021

The mother and children of a former Joplin resident who died June 29, 2018 in the Newton County Jail will receive a

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KC Man Acquitted in 2015 Shooting Death of A Grandmother
Glenn E. Rice

Oct. 18, 2021

A Jackson County jury on Friday acquitted a 34-year-old man accused in the 2015 shooting

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