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Kansas serial killer John E. Robinson was convicted of killing women and then stuffing their bodies into barrells. Now, the former Olathe man wants to state's highest court to set him free.

(Flickr Photo via luca_volpi)TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a state statute limiting post-conviction DNA analysis to cases involving only first-degree murder or rape is unconstitutional. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the court said Friday that the statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision reverses a Wyandotte County district court ruling that denied DNA testing to Jerome Cheeks, who was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being convicted in 1993 of second-degree murder. The high court's decision says the Kansas law limiting post-conviction DNA analysis only to people convicted of first-degree murder or rape should be extended to cover people serving life sentences for second-degree murder.

In a year of unprecedented political developments, the New York hush money trial could mean one fewer vote for Donald Trump in Florida.

A South African corrections board found the athlete had met the minimum parole requirements after serving half of his 13-year sentence for murder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of former Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the team after exhuming his body so that his brain could be examined. The lawsuit, filed by Cheryl Shepherd in Jackson County (Missouri) circuit court Tuesday, alleges that Belcher was subjected to "repetitive head trauma" and that the Chiefs failed to provide adequate medical care before he killed his girlfriend and then committed suicide last December. Belcher's body was exhumed this month at his family's request so his brain could be studied for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition found in some former players. Shepherd is seeking a jury trial and $15,000 in damages. A spokesman for the Chiefs told The Associated Press that the team was aware of the lawsuit but could not comment on pending litigation.

A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine made by the Broward County Sheriff's Office for sting operations between 1988 and 1990.

(Flickr Photo via qv90) According to the latest figures, 39 people died in vehicle crashes in Kansas during the month of October. So far this year, 352 people have died in vehicle accidents. More from KPR’s Bryan Thompson.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa751fc0000

Four former Blackwater guards were found guilty last week in connection with a fatal shooting in 2007. Author Brian Castner recommends a book on the toll violence has taken on Iraq.

This week, a group is registering voters during Wichita's Riverfest celebration. Some of those the group is registering include former inmates.

At least half a million people are expected to get health care benefits in an expansion of California's Medicaid program, including many former prison inmates. Many ex-offenders will now be covered for care, including mental health and substance abuse — problems that, when left untreated, can lead them right back behind bars.