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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...
Feb 22, 2024
ACLU, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof South Carolina Challenges Prison Policy that Seeks to Silence the Incarcerated
COLUMBIA – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SCDC) tota...
Feb 05, 2024
Lawsuit Challenges Law Enforcement Response to Mental Health Emergencies in Washington County, Oregon
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Civil and disability rights organizations filed suit in federal court today on behalf of individual and organizational plaintiffs against Washington Cou...
Jan 29, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵand ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech
Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology
Court case: Parks v. McCormac
Dec 18, 2023
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵApplauds New National Law Enforcement Accountability Database But Identifies Its Significant Shortcomings
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today launched a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a collection of records aimed at bringing transparency to and documenting...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
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