ArchCity Defenders Files Lawsuit Against St. Clair County, Expanding Debtors’ Prison Litigation from St. Louis to Rural Missouri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2020 Osceola, Mo. — ArchCity Defenders (ACD), a nonprofit law firm based in St. Louis filed a lawsuit in state court on behalf of...
read moreArchCity Defenders Partners with The Luminary and Nationally Recognized Artists on Upcoming Exhibition: America’s Mythic Time
January 29, 2020 St. Louis, Mo.— ArchCity Defenders, a holistic legal advocacy organization, announces a collaboration with nonprofit arts organization and gallery The Luminary on America’s Mythic Time an...
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Joint Statement Condemning Recent Remarks by Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards
October 8, 2019 Joint Statement Condemning Recent Remarks by Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards In recent months, St. Louis has experienced a series of tragedies stemming from fatal gun...
read moreFor Immediate Release: ArchCity Defenders Presented Third Annual ‘Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards,’ Announced Honorees
St. Louis — On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit civil rights law firm presented its third annual ‘Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards’ to recognize and honor...
read moreFederal Judge: Cash Bail in St. Louis is Unconstitutional
Big Win for St. Louis Residents in Cash Bail Lawsuit Brought by ArchCity Defenders, Advancement Project National Office, Civil Rights Corps and Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and...
read moreProPublica: A Lawsuit Over Ferguson’s “Debtors Prison” Drags On
The federal class-action claims thousands of people in Missouri were jailed because they couldn’t pay off fines. Four years after the suit was filed, the plaintiffs are still waiting,...
read moreArchCity Defenders Announces Third Annual “Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards” and Invites Community to Nominate Reporters
June 10, 2019 ArchCity Defenders, a civil rights nonprofit law firm, is pleased to announce the third annual “Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards,” and invites the community to nominate...
read moreARCHCITY DEFENDERS AND CO-COUNSEL CHALLENGE ST. LOUIS CITY’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL CASH BAIL SYSTEM
ARCHCITY DEFENDERS, ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS, AND GEORGETOWN LAW FILE LAWSUIT TO CHALLENGE ST. LOUIS CITY’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL CASH BAIL SYSTEM (January 28, 2019 — ST. LOUIS, MO) —...
read moreARCHCITY DEFENDERS SEND JOINT LETTER REGARDING PRIVATE PRETRIAL SUPERVISION
ArchCity Defenders and St. Louis Legal Organizations Co-Sign Letter Exposing Unconstitutional Practices of 22nd Judicial Circuit, Calling for Reform ArchCity Defenders, the St. Louis Public Defender’s Office, The Bail...
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