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Experimental program puts volunteer lawyers at libraries to help clear up warrants, lower jail populations

Early this year, a young man discovered he had a warrant out of his arrest related to pending court cases in St. Louis County. He was unaware of one of those cases due to a common error: The notice was sent to an address where he no longer lives. He missed his court date and the county issued him a warrant for failing to appear.