Kim Gardner

Under the legislation, the governor would be able to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years in jurisdictions where homicide cases exceed a certain rate. Currently, only St. Louis falls under that requirement.

Missouri Appeals Court Judge John Torbitzky will fill in as a Circuit Court judge since all of the judges who oversee the City of St. Louis recused themselves from the case.

Andrew Bailey said Wednesday he would take such a step if Kim Gardner did not resign as St. Louis Circuit Attorney by noon Thursday. She did not resign and and called Bailey’s action politically motivated.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says if St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner does not step down by noon Thursday, he will use a provision of state law to try to force her from office.

Daniel Riley, 21, was out on bond in an armed robbery case when he ran a stop sign and caused a crash that critically injured a teenage volleyball player, according to police. He had violated bond several times, but St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office never attempted to revoke it and put him in jail.

Lamar Johnson isn’t eligible for state restitution because DNA evidence wasn’t used to overturn his murder conviction.

The legislation allows for the governor to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years if the rate of homicides in any jurisdiction exceeds 35 cases per every 100,000 people.

Proposal targeting St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner will be expanded to allow takeover by governor’s order anywhere in the state with violent crime rates.

A 2021 state law allows prosecutors to correct wrongful convictions, gives power to attorney general to intervene.

Court decision marks the final step in four-year ethics probe into St. Louis circuit attorney’s actions during the investigation of former Gov. Eric Greitens.