Missouri Supreme Court to consider death penalty cases

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | 9:19 a.m. CST; updated 9:38 a.m. CST, Tuesday, January 11, 2011

JEFFERSON CITY — Two men who pleaded guilty to killing a Kansas City teenager are urging the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn their death sentences because it was decided by a judge instead of a jury.

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