In this episode of The 314 Podcast, host Sarah Fenske talks with Gabe Gore, the St. Louis circuit attorney widely credited with restoring order to what had been a “rudderless ship of chaos” under predecessor Kim Gardner. Gore talked about what makes prosecution harder than it used to be, his priorities going forward, and his personal story as a kid from Detroit abruptly transplanted as a teen to West County. Then, Sarah chats with SLM staff writer Ryan Krull about a record-setting $37 million jury verdict against St. Louis Police over the non-fatal shooting of a teenager in 2016. Watch on YouTube and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are available.
“Everyone understood that it was mission critical to get the office back and operating, because without a well-functioning Circuit Attorney’s Office, you really don’t have a criminal justice system. And ultimately what you have is a failure of the rule of law. We knew that it was work that we had to be successful at. Everyone rolled up their sleeves and did the work.” –GG
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