Michael Barrett

Updated March 21 at 6:15 p.m. with additional comments — The presiding judge in St. Louis County has ruled that nearly 80 percent of the circuit’s public…

The Missouri House of Representatives is considering whether private attorneys across the state should handle more cases where the defendant cannot afford…

The chronically underfunded Missouri public defender system is now dealing with another vexing issue: the prospect that its overworked attorneys could...