Rachel Lippmann
Justice ReporterRachel Lippmann covers courts, public safety and city politics for St. Louis Public Radio. (She jokingly refers to them as the “nothing ever happens beats.”) She joined the NPR Member station in her hometown in 2008, after spending two years in Lansing covering the Michigan Capitol and various other state political shenanigans for NPR Member stations there. Though she’s a native St. Louisan, part of her heart definitely remains in the Mitten. (And no, she’s not going to tell you where she went to high school.)
Rachel has an undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism, and a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. When she’s not busy pursuing the latest scoop, you can find her mentoring her Big Brothers Big Sisters match, hitting the running and biking paths in south St. Louis, catching the latest sporting event on TV, playing with every dog she possibly can, or spending time with the great friends she’s met in more than nine years in this city.
Rachel’s on Twitter @rlippmann. Even with 240 characters, spellings are still phonetic.
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The motion says new DNA evidence, plus the lack of other credible evidence supporting the verdict, cast “inexorable doubt on Mr. Williams’ conviction and sentence.”
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The city spent $50,000 to replace the catalytic converters on 14 vehicles. The parts were stolen in two separate incidents in December.
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Because Gov. Mike Parson dissolved a board of inquiry established in 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court is free to set an execution date for Marcellus Williams, even if St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell has not yet finished his review of the case.
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The protest, involving about 100 people, started during public comment on a resolution marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It included a chant that some say calls for the destruction of the state of Israel while others say it’s a rallying cry for a Palestinian homeland.
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Johnson had long maintained he did not shoot and kill Marcus Boyd in 1994. A judge ruled last year that “clear and convincing” evidence showed Johnson was innocent and freed him after 28 years.
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Aldermen first attempted to call for a cease-fire in October. The sponsor of the resolution admits an early draft was “a little ignorant.”
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Voting is open until Feb. 2 — the top ideas will get additional research and vetting by staff of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
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Prosecutors in St. Louis file a complaint to get someone off the streets, then ask for continuances in the required preliminary hearings while they take the case to the grand jury. Public defenders want the Missouri Supreme Court to order judges to hold the hearings on time to protect their clients’ constitutional rights.
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Missouri applied for the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after two straight years of drought forced some livestock farmers to reduce their herd size because they did not have enough food or water.
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The iPads were used solely to check in voters and contained only public information like names and addresses. Elections officials say they have made it more difficult to access the warehouse space after the theft.
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Although a shortage of patrol officers makes the more frequent days off harder to schedule, 70% of officers said they liked the longer shifts.
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Gov. Mike Parson named Gabe Gore, a former federal prosecutor and Ferguson Commission member, to the post in May after the resignation of Kim Gardner.