January 13, 2023 Upcoming Art Exhibition Honors Stories of Women Whose Loved Ones Have been Killed by Police and Died in Jail For years, St. Louis has made...
read moreSeptember 14, 2022 Jail should not be a death sentence. However, since April 2022, six people have died while detained inside St. Louis City’s Justice Center (CJC): Robert Lee...
read moreBy: Angelo Vidal, Communications Fellow This Friday, August 26th marks a critical moment for tens of thousands of Black and poor St. Louis residents who have been extorted and...
read moreJune 7, 2022 (St. Louis, Mo.) On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, outside St. Louis City Hall at noon, the Fatal State Violence (FSV) Response Program and the Coalition Against...
read moreAt ArchCity Defenders, our clients and their loved ones are inescapably targeted and punished by the criminal legal system of police, courts, and jails. Not only do we represent...
read moreOne year ago, we launched the Fatal State Violence Project in solidarity with families who have had loved ones killed by police or die in jail. In the spirit...
read moreJune 30, 2021 On February 21, 2017, officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, unlawfully stormed into the home of Don...
read morePosted By Jenna Jones on Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 3:14 pm Juneteenth marks the day every citizen in the United States actually became free. After Union troops rode into Galveston, Texas on June 19,...
read moreBY NICK FREED // JUNE 14, 2021 Excerpt: Juneteenth, celebrated every year on June 19, marks the end of slavery in the U.S. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the...
read moreBy Dana Rieck Of The St. Louis American Jun 3, 2021 Excerpt: The stories of abuse at City Justice Center detailed in a newly filed lawsuit seem endless —...
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