Today the Missouri house of representatives passed a bill that allowed the Governor of the state to assign and fund a Special Prosecutor to prosecute murders, assaults, robberies, and hijackings in any prosecuting attorney's jurisdiction that, in the preceding 12 months exceeds 35 homicides per 100,000 residents.
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House passes bill to allow for state takeover of Missouri prosecutor offices
Missouri lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday that would give the governor the ability to strip the authority of any elected prosecutor to handle violent crime cases.
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