Crime Bill Sponsor Says They’re Making The Bill About Kim Gardner
April 21, 2023 6:13AM CDT
FILE – In this Monday, April 27, 2020, file photo, state Rep. Herman Morse, R-Dexter, wears a protective mask as he sits at his desk in the House chamber in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri lawmakers on Thursday, May 14 passed a bill to ban the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
(MISSOURINET) – A public safety bill that passed the House of Representatives earlier this Legislative Session is going through the Missouri Senate. The legislation would allow the governor to send a special prosecutor to municipalities where the homicide rate is more than 35 cases per 100-thousand people. Republican Representative Lane Roberts tells Missourinet that Missouri’s crime data is disproportionately driven by St. Louis…
Roberts does admit that he’s a bit frustrated at how the focus of his bill has been solely on St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, because he says it’s about holding criminals accountable, regardless of who’s in that chair. The Senate could take up a vote on it soon.
