Missouri law allowed a judge to sentence Shockley to death in 2009 even after a jury deadlocked and couldn’t decide on the ...

Donna Adelson, who hoped to spend her golden years doting on her grandchildren, will instead spend her remaining days on earth in a prison cell.

State Attorney Jack Campbell said she was entitled to a presentence investigation report, which includes detailed background on a defendant, because the Markel murder marked her first felony ...