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Missouri bill targeting Black prosecutor spurs backlash

by Associated Press
| August 12, 2020 3:27 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s contested call to give the attorney general the power to prosecute homicides in St. Louis has spurred backlash and led state lawmakers to delay work on crime legislation he wants.

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