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May 16, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵApplauds President Biden’s Announcement to Reclassify Marijuana, Calls for More Reform
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced today that he plans to reschedule marijuana into a category of controlled substances that have a currently accepted medical use and only a ...
Apr 24, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵResponds to President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
WASHINGTON — President Biden today announced that his administration will pardon 11 people and commute the sentences of five people who received unjustly long sentences during th...
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Smart Justice
Mar 21, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵStatement On FY24 Appropriations Bill Funding Immigrant Detention, Anti-Immigrant Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second package of final Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills in the U.S. House of Representatives fails to rein in wasteful and harmful spending by Immigr...
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Smart Justice
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 05, 2024
Advocates Seek Public Records from DOJ on Implementation of Directives Changing Mandatory Minimum Charging and Sentencing Policies
WASHINGTON — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Federal Public & Community Defenders submitted a Freedom of Inf...
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Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Jan 18, 2024
Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation
WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...
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Immigrants' Rights
Smart Justice
Dec 22, 2023
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵApplauds President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
Announcement Will Reunite 11 Families in a Small Step Toward Justice
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Smart Justice
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