Michael Milton

Cash bail has largely disappeared in St. Louis. Instead, circuit court judges are increasingly denying bond altogether, a new report from the Freedom Community Center found.

In 2000, the circuit court in St. Louis entered a contract with Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services, a private company based in St. Charles…

St. Louis County plans to launch a six-month pilot program in January that tracks people accused of crimes by using a smartphone app. County Executive Sam…

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.…