Missouri lawmakers approve new minimum sentences for minors convicted of first-degree murder

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have endorsed creating new minimum sentences for minors convicted of first-degree murder. The House voted 145-1 Thursday to approve the new guidelines, which would bring Missouri into line with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandatory life sentences for minors were unconstitutional. Rep. Robert Cornejo said that…