Missouri Governor commutes sentence of former KCPD Officer

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Missouri Governor Mike Parson has commuted the sentence of former Kansas City, Missouri, police officer Eric DeValkenaere for the death of Cameron Lamb. DeValkenaere, 46, was serving a six-year prison sentence in connection to the deadly 2019 police shooting of Cameron Lamb. “In Missouri, clemency powers rest exclusively with the Governor,” Read More >

Court grants Derek Chauvin access to test George Floyd’s heart tissue

(Alpha News): A federal judge has approved a motion allowing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to examine heart tissue and conduct additional testing on fluids preserved from George Floyd as part of Chauvin’s ongoing effort to overturn his conviction. U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson ruled in an order filed Monday that Chauvin’s Read More >