ArchCity Defenders

The non-profit civil rights law firm ArchCity Defenders is a legal advocacy group established less than a decade ago in St. Louis. After the…

St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards made remarks about crime in St. Louis that prompted a sharp response from civil rights law firm ArchCity…

Shirletta Chambly has lost two family members in St. Louis jails: First her brother, and then her 21-year-old son.Maleek Coleman-Chambly died after a…

Since Thomas Harvey helped start ArchCity Defenders in 2009, he has delivered legal representation to homeless and working poor people throughout St.…

After spending eight years as executive director of ArchCity Defenders in St. Louis, Thomas Harvey will move to California to take on a much bigger…

Updated November 13 at 3:30 p.m. with comments from attorneys and the city — A local legal nonprofit has sued the city of St. Louis, saying conditions at…

It wasn’t so much of a protest as a vigil on Sunday as demonstrators gathered at the Justice Center in Clayton to wait for the release of the people…

The city of Ferguson has decided it will no longer prosecute Fred Watson.Ferguson’s municipal prosecutor officially dropped the charges Monday against…

As of Saturday, municipal courts across Missouri have had to meet some new operating standards.The state Supreme Court set the minimum requirements for…

Updated May 15 with ongoing fundraising — The creators of #BlackMamaBailoutSTL — Arch City Defenders, the St. Louis Action Council, and Decarcerate St.…