Even though Missouri approved legislation updating some of the drug possession laws for the state in 2014, these changes only took effect on January 1, 2017. The primary impact of this update to drug possession laws centers on marijuana and other cannabis-related products. The focus is on varying amounts of drugs in possession that are…

Missouri’s sex crime law used to be one of the strictest in the country. The state used a single-tier system, so everyone who was convicted of a sex crime had to stay on the sex offender registry for life. While people could petition to get removed from the registry, a successful petition was rare. The…