ArchCity Defenders

ArchCity Defenders, the nonprofit civil rights law firm, has teamed up with the St. Louis County Library and the Mound City Bar Association to launch…

Updated 4:55 p.m. Jan. 28th with a copy of the lawsuit — A legal advocacy group has sued St. Louis over a cash bail system it calls unconstitutional.St.…

Criminal-justice reform advocates and public defenders are calling on the St. Louis circuit court to reduce its use of monitoring systems that require…

Lawyers and people who allege to have been victims of police misconduct during a series of protests in 2017 said they anticipate a federal grand jury…

More than a dozen people who were arrested protesting the Jason Stockley verdict filed suit Monday against the City of St. Louis saying police tactics…

The first time Michael Milton helped buy somebody’s freedom, he didn’t expect it would be so simple.He filed some paperwork, handed over cash and waited.…

Activists will rally Wednesday outside the City Justice Center of St. Louis to launch an effort to shut down the city's Medium Security Institution,…

ArchCity Defenders and community radio station KDHX are rolling out a three-month film series on racial justice.First in the series, "Marvin Booker was…

A non-profit civil rights law firm wants to help people help themselves when they’re in legal trouble.ArchCity Defenders created the guide known as Pro Se…

St. Louis public safety officials want city residents to know people jailed at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution are treated humanely despite…