08.20.2008 9:00 pm

Thursday editorial: The quality of mercy

Dennis Skillicorn Late Wednesday afternoon the Missouri Supreme Court postponed for at least 30 days the state’s plans to administer the death penalty for the first time in almost three years. It was the correct decision.

We say that not only because this editorial…

Tags: David Pinkley, Dennis J. Skillicorn, Gov. Matt Blunt, Jennifer A. Merrigan, Larry Crawford, lethal injection, Tim DeGraffenreid, William Shakespeare

04.07.2008 9:01 pm

Tuesday editorial: Soft on Crime

By Kevin Horrigan

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Brian Walters

Brian Walters

The Missouri Legislature’s Joint Committee on Corrections had a chance to get tough on crime last week. Instead, they behaved like purring pussycats, forgiving the appalling foul-up that allowed a sexual sadist to roam free without treatment or…

Tags: Department of Corrections, Kevin Engler, Larry Crawford, Missouri legislature, Nancy Miller, Van Kelly

Thursday editorial: The quality of mercy

Tuesday editorial: Soft on Crime

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