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Laughrey was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Nanette Laughrey
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She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1967, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri (Columbia) Law School in 1975
Following law school graduation, Laughrey was an Assistant state attorney general of Missouri until 1979, when she served as a municipal judge for Columbia, Missouri until 1983. She became an associate professor of University of Missouri (Columbia) Law School in 1983, and was made a full professor there in 1987. At the same time, she was deputy state attorney general of Missouri from 1992 to 1993.
On October 20, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Laughrey to the United States District Courts for both the Western and Eastern District of Missouri, to a seat on each court vacated by Joseph East. Stevens, Junior.
She was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 24, 1996, and received her commission on August 1, 1996. She assumed senior status on August 28, 2011.
Laughrey is best known as the presiding judge in the Miracle Cars case. She has a reputation as a stern judge who exercises complete control over her courtroom.
In November of 2013, in the case of serial killer Joseph Franklin, Laughrey granted a stay of execution because "a stay is necessary to ensure that the defendants" last act against Franklin is not permanent, irremediable cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment".
