Legislators act to fix unconstitutional sex crime law

Sunday, May 1, 2005

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers are moving swiftly to rewrite the state law criminalizing sexual misconduct involving a child after the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday declared it unconstitutionally broad.

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