Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently signed a number of updates to the state's criminal laws. One of them, inspired by the tragic events in Ferguson in 2014, clarified the regulations regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement. The old statute didn't provide specific guidance as to when deadly force would be authorized, but the new one incorporates the standard set forth in a landmark 1985 United States Supreme Court case that had been adopted by many other states already.
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