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Nov 25, 2022

Federal Judge Denies Daughter’s Emergency Request to Attend Father’s Missouri Execution

A federal judge has denied the emergency petition brought by a 19-year-old woman to attend the imminent execution of her father, Kevin Johnson, Jr., in Missouri. Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey brought an emergency...

Nov 21, 2022

Daughter Seeks Emergency Order to Attend her Father’s Execution, Despite Missouri Law

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency motion on behalf of Ms. Ramey today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. A Missouri law bars people under the age of...

A black woman wearing a purple shirt and a black hat lovingly poses with her father while he hold her baby, his grandchild..

Nov 18, 2022

ACLU of Missouri Files Federal Lawsuit Against Advanced Correctional Healthcare and Pettis County for Denying Life-Saving Medication to an Inmate

The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against Advanced Correctional Healthcare (ACH) and Pettis County for denying an incarcerated...

Nov 18, 2022

Gender-Affirming Care Gave My Daughter a Future. Lawmakers Want to Take it Away.

Lacey Jennen and her family are one of several who are fighting an anti-trans Arkansas law via Brandt v. Rutledge.

Nov 10, 2022

Bobby Bostic is a Free Man, ACLU of Missouri Commits to Crushing the School to Prison Pipeline

Bobby Bostic walked out of Algoa Correctional Center a free man after serving 27 years of an unconstitutional 241-year sentence that was given to him for nonhomicide crimes he committed when he was 16 years...

A Black man in a blue suit and a black women in a coat stand at a podium in front of a diverse crowd on the steps of the Missouri capitol buildling

Oct 31, 2022

What You Need to Know about Affirmative Action at the Supreme Court

Two cases before the high court will determine whether race conscious admissions policies can be used by universities.