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Joseph P. Welch, Attorney at Law

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Joseph P. Welch
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St. Louis, MO 63118-1034

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  • While most courts have been prudently shutdown due to an emergency order from Chief Justice Draper of the #Missouri Supreme Court, hearings that are necessary to protect the #constitutionalrights of the #accused are still taking place. Today in an otherwise locked-down courthouse we tried a #felony preliminary examination with 3 live witnesses. The prosecutor took great care to protect the witnesses from #COVID-19 transmission and we used the largest courtroom and observed the best practices. My client attended the hearing by video from the jail. As the incarnated are a high-risk group for infection (they are unable to practice #socialdistancing and have less control over hygiene) this was for their protection. Infection spreads through #prison like wildfire. I fought hard for the release of my client both during but more importantly before the hearing. If my client had not been #incarcerated their #speedytrial rights would have been outweighed by the need to protect the community from this #pandemic and this hearing would have been delayed until this crisis passes. While this jurisdiction is very conservative the judges here created the model of progressive pretrial release practices and my client has a relatively low bond, but $500 might as well be $1,000,000 if you don't have it. Later today, as he and every other judge here does every week, this same judge is going to review the bond of everyone imprisoned on his orders and many of them will be released. As a prison abolitionist I don't believe anyone should be imprisoned but I am also practical and appreciate their work. #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #NORML #GSTLNORML #publicdefender #anarchist #cannabis #stl #stlouis #criminaldefenselawyer #314
  • Now that the #GLI is back on the road I've been working my way across the state with another 1000 mile week. Monday started in the 22nd Circuit at the Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis for a shooting, then yesterday I was in the 12th Circuit appearing in both Warren and Montgomery Counties. This morning I started in Columbia at the Boone County Circuit Court (the 13th), then on to the Randolph County Justice Center in the 14th Circuit and finally Lafayette County in the 15th. I was supposed to be in Osage County this morning for a meth case, but that got dismissed and I didn't have to make the stop on the way to Columbia. Tomorrow I'll head down to the 25th with a couple felonies in Phelps County, a couple robberies in Franklin County (the 20th Circuit), then a pretrial for a robbery in Jefferson County (the 23rd) and then to the Ste. Francois County Circuit Court, home of the Fighting 24th. Maybe Friday I'll make it in to the office? #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #NORML #GSTLNORML #publicdefender #hightimes #cannabis #vw #jetta #gti #mkiv #mk4 #stl #stlouis #criminaldefenselawyer #notguilty #missouri #fighting24 #fighting24th #314
  • the #GLI is officially back on the road again otw to 300,000 miles #vw #mk4 #mkiv #volkswagen #gti #freeallprisoners #firetotheprisons #blacklivesmatter #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #NORML #GSTLNORML #hightimes #stlouis #314 #161 #raceland #plastidip
  • You’re in contempt! No, YOU’RE in contempt! Suddenly during this exchange I realized that a roll was flying past my head.  And then another. And then I’m in the middle of this heated food fight in a kitchen with at least 50 other people all high on the acquittal of two of our comrades earlier that day. Seven years ago I was trying the last of the #Occupy St. Louis cases. Two activists were assaulted by the STLMPD during a protest when they were cornered by the cops down a dark street. They were charged with assaulting the cops.  Ours was the standard police brutality defense - cops will accuse you of assaulting them in an attempt to justify their use of force. The cop said my client got within 1 foot of him, called him a motherfucker, and spit right in his face and then he chased my client down and tackled him while my other client tried to de-arrest him. But video showed the spit came from at least 20 feet away while the officer was looking in the opposite direction before he turns and just runs after some random guy in the crowd. For my closing argument I walked over to the prosecution’s table and poured a small cup of water.  I turned my body towards the jury and my head to the left and threw the water into my own face and started to recite the officer’s words about how he felt when he got spit on.  And then I looked to the right, and pointed at the lectern which was positioned right in front of the jury, and said “it must of been that guy” and knocked the lectern to the floor with a loud bang. The prosecutor starts objecting that he’s wet - I splashed him a little.  After we finish closing arguments and the jury retires I go on trial for contempt of court in a courtroom still packed with close to 100 spectators including half the prosecutors and public defenders who were there to see the trial. It took 6 hours for the jury to return not guilty verdicts on all counts but after the trial they were outside the courthouse high-fiving my clients and their supporters.  #notguilty #occupystl #stl #314 #lawyersofinstagram #lawyerstories #freeallprisoners #anarchist #publicdefender #freedomshouldbefree #resist #stlouis #foodfight #ftp #nlg #dearrest #protest
  • A good pair of truck stop sunglasses can easily last you 8 years. #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #firetotheprisons #lawyersofinstagram #lawyerstories #314 #stl #legalize #NORML #publicdefender #sunglasses #truckstop
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