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The Right To Record the Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2018
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The Right To Record the Police

By Carol Rose The First Amendment right to record the police is a critical check and balance for people l ...

By Carol Rose The First Amendment right to record the police is a critical check and balance for people living in a free, open, and democratic society. It promotes the free discussion of governmental ...

December 15, 2018
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Does the Second Amendment Protect Only White Gun Owners?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2018
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Does the Second Amendment Protect Only White Gun Owners?

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The most common refrain from gun rights supporters in the wake of mass ...

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The most common refrain from gun rights supporters in the wake of mass shootings or other gun violence is that the best response to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy ...

December 11, 2018
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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2018
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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in ...

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was not corrective at all. It was indiscriminate punishmen ...

December 06, 2018
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Copays for People Incarcerated in California Prisons

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Copays for People Incarcerated in California Prisons

(From Press Release) - The ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Initiate Jus ...

(From Press Release) - The ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Initiate Justice announced their support for AB 45, new legislation introduced today by Assemblymember Mark ...

December 04, 2018
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School Sends Kid Home From First Grade Due to His Hair

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2018
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School Sends Kid Home From First Grade Due to His Hair

By Clinton Stanley Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in A ...

By Clinton Stanley Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was som ...

December 03, 2018
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In Major Threat to Due Process, Marsy’s Law Gains Ground Nationwide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2018
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In Major Threat to Due Process, Marsy’s Law Gains Ground Nationwide

By Jeanne Hruska and Holly Welborn Alongside the major criminal justice reform headlines that came out of ...

By Jeanne Hruska and Holly Welborn Alongside the major criminal justice reform headlines that came out of the midterm elections, a quieter trend also gained momentum through the ballot box: a budding, ...

December 01, 2018
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Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency

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|Date: November 30, 2018
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Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency

By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, b ...

By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under the Department of Homeland Security, entered into a memorandum of agreement with an o ...

November 30, 2018
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Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War

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|Date: November 29, 2018
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Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War

By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were fired ...

By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were fired at them by U.S. border agents this week shocked many Americans, but the Trump administration pr ...

November 29, 2018
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Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2018
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Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes

By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has ...

By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has been described as “unprecedented” and “dark.” But Sessions’ unwavering actions against crimina ...

November 27, 2018
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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 19, 2018
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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Ec ...

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Eckartz, were arrested in their Georgia home for manufacturing marijuana. They were incarcerated ...

November 19, 2018
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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

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|Date: November 18, 2018
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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike ...

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike Espy for the state's U.S. Senate seat, attempted to show her loyalty to one of her supporters d ...

November 18, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

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|Date: November 17, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Sh ...

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Shooter Heroically Subdued by Brave Security Guard.” Instead, we woke up to news stories announci ...

November 17, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

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|Date: November 16, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issue ...

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issued a new policy that all but eliminates federal oversight of state and local law enforcement age ...

November 16, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

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|Date: November 13, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state c ...

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state constitutions a specific and lengthy set of victims’ rights. Funded by California billionaire He ...

November 13, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History

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|Date: November 12, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History

By the ACLU On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Atto ...

By the ACLU On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an a ...

November 12, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Leaves a Dark Mark on the Justice Department

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|Date: November 10, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Leaves a Dark Mark on the Justice Department

By David Cole Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be ...

By David Cole Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be a moment for dancing in the streets. Sessions oversaw a Justice Department that systematically ...

November 10, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

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|Date: November 08, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On ...

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On Election Day, voters in states across the country said enough is enough to America’s horrific c ...

November 08, 2018
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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

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|Date: November 03, 2018
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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) ...

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) – San Francisco prosecutor Andrew Ganz has been found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct throug ...

November 03, 2018
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Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation

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|Date: October 27, 2018
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Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation

By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to ...

By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to hundreds of thousands of immigrants facing imminent deportation after years of living lawfully ...

October 27, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sente ...

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi for possessing 2.89 pounds of marijuana. If his sentence stands, he would sp ...

October 23, 2018
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