The Conference Committee on Budget met for more than eight hours Wednesday to resolve the state budget ahead of this week’s deadline.
COLUMBIA, Mo. —Defendants in five Missouri cities will soon be receiving text messages to remind them of upcoming court dates. The pilot program aims to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – It seems the Missouri Public Defender System is subject to withholds from the Governor, despite being from a different branch. According…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A coalition of legal defense groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Missouri filed a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Michael Barrett, the director of the State Public Defender’s Office, met with members of the Joint Committee on the Justice System…
St. Louis, Mo. —Missouri’s public defenders are chronically overworked and underfunded, and it’ll take a push by lawmakers for a major change. Missouri’s public defenders…
Greg Mermelstein has been selected as the interim director of the Missouri public defender system. Mermelstein was named to the position by the State Public…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Wednesday afternoon that public defenders will need to have the approval of a circuit court judge…
The move is part of a battle over budget restrictions JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon has been appointed to represent an indigent defendant…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The director of Missouri’s public defender system didn’t mince words when he penned a letter to Gov. Jay Nixon asking for…
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