Key Cases
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Jimerson v. Ford et al.
Wrongful Convictions
A corrupt, bad faith, reckless investigation kept Tina Jimerson behind bars for 27 years for a crime she did not commit. In 1991, Ms. Jimerson was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder as a supposed accomplice in the murder of Myrtle Holmes, an elderly white woman, in the City of Fordyce on the night of September...
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Postawko v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Health and Safety
The MacArthur Justice Center and the ACLU of Missouri jointly a federal class action lawsuit challenging the Missouri Department of Corrections' (MDOC) systematic denial of potential life-saving medication to inmates with chronic Hepatitis C (HCV).
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Brown v. Precythe
Parole
The MacArthur Justice Center is pursuing a federal class action challenging the Missouri Parole Board’s demonstrated abuse of power, disregard for due process and failure to comply with state and federal law when it comes to youthful offenders previously given mandatory life without parole sentences.
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Gasca v. Precythe
Parole
In Missouri, the Parole Board is running an assembly-line parole process that pushes people back into our prisons without any real legal protections. In many instances, alleged parole violators are tricked or pressured into waiving their right to a hearing and being returned to prison without any process at all.
In The News
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He’s on Death Row for Murders. Prison Workers Say He Should Be Spared.
The New York Times April 4, 2024 -
He faces execution. His lawyers may have earned less than $4 an hour
Los Angeles Times April 4, 2024 -
Critics say Missouri’s parole practices are unconstitutional. A federal appeals court agrees
KCUR October 6, 2023 -
Missouri prison officials restrict inmate access to books from friends or family
Missouri Independent September 8, 2023