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Thank You for an Amazing Lobby Day!

End Mandatory Minimums: Choose People Over Prisons

As #MOLeg Session Starts Again, ACLU of Missouri is Here to Win

Voters in the Ferguson-Florissant School District Will Be Part of History on April 2

All Missourians should be treated fairly by the law.

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Thank You for an Amazing Lobby Day!

During Missouri's legislative session, few days are more special for me than our annual “Voices of Liberty” Lobby Day. We, the people, Missourians, have a right to be, a right to love, a right to protest, a right to choose, and a right to be free from discrimination.

March 20, 2019

Statement on Today’s Missouri Supreme Court Decision Regarding Room and Board at County Jails

“We’re pleased that the Missouri Supreme Court reaffirmed that people cannot be imprisoned for being poor,” said Tony Rothert, legal director, ACLU of Missouri. “We know several counties have abused the court process for years to lock up Missourians because they could not afford their freedom.

March 19, 2019

End Mandatory Minimums: Choose People Over Prisons

A relic of the failed "War on Drugs," mandatory minimum sentences require the court to send a person to a minimum number of years in prison once they're convicted.

March 18, 2019

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