St. Louis Circuit Court

St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts had officers remove a St. Louis Public Radio photojournalist attempting to photograph a land tax sale auction held in front of the Civil Courts Building earlier this week.

Christopher Dunn was released from a Missouri prison after being wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years.

Christopher Dunn, who a judge ruled was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for more than 30 years, remains in prison after a series of court rulings on Wednesday.

His family members say they’re holding their breath awaiting his release after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office expressed plans to appeal the decision.

Dunn was convicted for a 1990 deadly shooting of a teen in St. Louis. Others involved in the case later admitted they lied about Dunn’s involvement. No DNA ever tied Dunn to the murder.

Deputy Steve Chalmers claims Sheriff Vernon Betts demoted him and used racial slurs because Chalmers didn’t support him in the last two elections. A recorded phone call allegedly captures Betts disparaging the deputy for not supporting him politically.

U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, have filed a lawsuit against Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush and state Rep. Rasheen Aldridge for participating in protests that passed the McCloskeys’ home.

St. Louis will pay homage to hundreds of enslaved Black Missourians who fought for their freedom with the help of local lawyers, jurors and judges. Their lawsuits filed in the 1800s are known as “freedom suits.”

In its 25 years, St. Louis drug treatment court has gone from being perceived as a way to keep drug convictions from marring otherwise clean records to helping the city’s most vulnerable.

St. Louis Circuit Court will honor the men and women who filed freedom suits in St. Louis — and the lawyers who worked on them.