Updated: 9:02 PM CDT August 3, 2021
ST. LOUIS St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Attorney General to prosecute three high-profile death penalty cases – a move that comes amid increasing criticism of how her office is handling cases.
The cases include Cornelius Green, a former St. Louis public school principal who has been accused of hiring a hitman to kill his pregnant girlfriend, a third-grade teacher in March 2016.
Green’s friend, Phillip Cutler, has also been charged with first-degree for the fatal shooting of Jocelyn Peters. Peters was seven months pregnant when she was killed in her Central West End apartment. Prosecutors from Gardner’s office filed a motion to have a special prosecutor assigned to Cutler’s case as well.
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Grieving mother furious with St. Louis prosecutors for striking deal with son s killer
State law requires victims be told about developments in their cases, but Shirley Cobb said Kim Gardner s office did not tell her about a plea deal Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 10:20 PM CDT July 21, 2021
ST. LOUIS A grieving mother is furious with St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after she says prosecutors struck a deal with her son’s alleged killer without her knowledge and is begging the judge not to accept it.
Shirley Washington Cobb says prosecutors with Gardner’s office plan to ask Judge Rex Burlison Monday to accept a plea deal for Jarmond Johnson that would send him to prison for eight years for the murder of her son, Dwight Washington at the Civic Center Metro Transit Center, near the Enterprise Center in February 2020.
Tampering charge against Patricia McCloskey dropped, could face harassment misdemeanor
The special prosecutor said there wasn t sufficient evidence for the tampering charge, but said she could face one count of harassment if the case goes to trial
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple that were seen waving guns at protesters on June 28, 2020 in their private neighborhood, arrive at court to plead not guilty to two felony charges in St. Louis on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. The McCloskey s are charged with unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence. They will appear in court again October 28, 2020. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI