Missouri State Public Defender

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Provided is a link to the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) Recommendations for the Biden Administration. The Missouri State Public Defender system stands with NAPD and other defender communities in reforming the public defense systems throughout our country. https://www.publicdefenders.us//NAPD_Recommendations%20for

NLADA New Leaders in Advocacy Award - Stacey Lannert Stacey Lannert is an assistant public defender for the state of Missouri whose personal commitment to defense work derives from her own experience as a criminal defendant. At the age of eighteen, Stacey was sentenced to life without parole for fatally shooting the man who sexually abused her for over a decade. That man was her father. After serving eighteen years in prison, the Governor of Missouri granted her clemency i...n 2009, and within six days, she walked out prison gates and towards a law degree. Stacey graduated from Southeast Missouri State University, magna cum laude, in 2014, and from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2017. Stacey became a criminal defense attorney with the St. Louis City Public Defender’s office in November, 2017. Shortly after becoming a public defender, Stacey received a pardon in July, 2018. Stacey has the distinction of being a double clemency recipient and helping others navigate the complicated process. Clemency is often a last chance for freedom for unjustly convicted persons. While in law school, Stacey had the opportunity to intern with the Missouri Governor’s Office where she assisted with the creation and implementation of Missouri’s first rigorous rubric for clemency application. Stacey developed and instructs a presentation geared to assist other practitioners navigate the clemency process. In 2017, Stacey was appointed to the Missouri Governor’s State Justice Reinvestment Task Force, where she assisted in designing and implementing a justice reinvestment approach to address criminal justice challenges. Stacey assisted with analyzing data and the development of policy options for legislative consideration. Stacey believes in the power of transformation and hopes to be a driving factor in systemic change directed at the criminal legal field. Stacey’s voice for advocacy is amplified by her background and she has shared her message on a variety of stages: The United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review, Oprah, CNN, the Joy Behar Show, and Piers Morgan Tonight. Stacey’s memoir, Redemption: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Survival and Finding Freedom Behind Bars was released by Random House in 2011. The criminal legal system can be a dehumanizing system for people trapped within it. Stacey describes incarceration as a place where hate laughs and love cries. She hopes to achieve a more just and humane process for her clients as she zealously advocates for them. Congratulations Stacey! http://www.nlada.org/2020AC/awards

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Are you in search of an opportunity to serve your community, combat poverty, and have a positive impact on the criminal justice system? MSPD is proud to announce a partnership with AmeriCorps VISTA in overhauling our client intake process. If you answered yes to the above question, we want you to join us and lead the way in building sustainable practices to improve the quality and efficiency of the representation we provide to tens of thousands of impoverished Missourians. For more information on the project, available positions and benefits, visit https://publicdefender.mo.gov//vista-intake-improvement-p/

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Statement on the Shooting of Jacob Blake: Jacob Blake was shot seven times at point blank range in his back by police, in front of his three children, leaving him paralyzed in a quiet suburb of Kenosha, WI. We at the Missouri State Public Defender reiterate that we stand with the Black community and the nation against state sanctioned violence by the police. Again, we hear, He should have complied. Compliance or not, it has ended in death for too many Black men and women.... As public defenders, we are leading criminal defense attorneys. Have we ever won a case with an I shot him in the back as he was walking away from me and I followed him, defense? Likely not often. That’s because it’s not a defense that lay persons get. It’s not a defense our clients get. But we hear it as a defense for police using excessive force. We stand with the National Association of Public Defense, and assert that state sanctioned violence against Black and Brown communities must stop and call for each jurisdiction to implement reform in their police departments that will save lives. Our thoughts are with the family and medical team of Jacob Blake that he will make a full recovery. As public defenders, we must continue to fight injustice and inequality in our criminal legal system, and speak out when violence is used against people of color and demand that we are all treated with humanity. #BlackLivesMatter #Humanity #Publicdefense