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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

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|Date: July 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an alre ...

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system. By Ashley Del Villar and Myaisha Hayes Face recognition technology ...

July 23, 2021
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ACLU Brings Lawsuit to Maricopa County to Challenge Plea Bargain Injustice

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: July 21, 2021
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ACLU Brings Lawsuit to Maricopa County to Challenge Plea Bargain Injustice

By Ankita Joshi MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a s ...

By Ankita Joshi MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a suit in Maricopa County, Arizona to challenge how the plea bargain is used by prosecutors to per ...

July 21, 2021
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Left and Right Wing Coalition Urges President Biden to Grant Clemency to 4,000 on COVID Home Confinement

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|Date: July 20, 2021
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Left and Right Wing Coalition Urges President Biden to Grant Clemency to 4,000 on COVID Home Confinement

By John Arceno and Stacie Guevara (Editor's note: The Biden administration has decided to send thousands ...

By John Arceno and Stacie Guevara (Editor's note: The Biden administration has decided to send thousands back to prison unless Congress acts or Biden issues Mass Commutations). WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ...

July 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have ...

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have to explain to my daughters why their daddy got arrested in front of them on our front lawn. Ho ...

July 18, 2021
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ACLU Helps Detroit Man Sue City After Facial Recognition Software Leads to Wrongful Arrest; Tech Appears to Fail People of Color More Often

Posted by Genesis Guzman
|Date: July 16, 2021
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ACLU Helps Detroit Man Sue City After Facial Recognition Software Leads to Wrongful Arrest; Tech Appears to Fail People of Color More Often

By Genesis Guzman and Stephanie Boulos DETROIT, MI – A Detroit man who was falsely charged – using troubl ...

By Genesis Guzman and Stephanie Boulos DETROIT, MI – A Detroit man who was falsely charged – using troubling facial recognition software – in 2019 for shoplifting at a Shinola store – now, with the AC ...

July 16, 2021
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Small Business Owners Challenge Tennessee Law Discriminating against Transgender and Intersex People

Posted by Serene Chang
|Date: July 14, 2021
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Small Business Owners Challenge Tennessee Law Discriminating against Transgender and Intersex People

By Serene Chang and Anika Khubchandani NASHVILLE, TN – A federal judge in Tennessee has blocked a law req ...

By Serene Chang and Anika Khubchandani NASHVILLE, TN – A federal judge in Tennessee has blocked a law requiring businesses to post a warning sign if they allow transgender people to use public restroo ...

July 14, 2021
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ACLU, Legal Services of NorCal Oppose Plan in Chico to Force Homeless to Relocate to Airport Tarmac

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|Date: July 12, 2021
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ACLU, Legal Services of NorCal Oppose Plan in Chico to Force Homeless to Relocate to Airport Tarmac

By Maia Surendra CHICO, CA – The city of Chico has passed laws that required houseless people to relocate ...

By Maia Surendra CHICO, CA – The city of Chico has passed laws that required houseless people to relocate to a tarmac next to an airport runway outside of the city, an area that faces high temperature ...

July 12, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Coerced Out of Justice – How Prosecutors Abuse Their Power to Secure Guilty Pleas

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|Date: July 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Coerced Out of Justice – How Prosecutors Abuse Their Power to Secure Guilty Pleas

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, we’re suing Maricopa County prosecutors to stop them from retaliating aga ...

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, we’re suing Maricopa County prosecutors to stop them from retaliating against people who assert their rights during plea bargaining. By Somil Trivedi and Jared Keenan A ...

July 11, 2021
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ACLU Poll Reveals ‘Overwhelming Support’ for Transformative Justice Measures

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: July 10, 2021
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ACLU Poll Reveals ‘Overwhelming Support’ for Transformative Justice Measures

By Ankita Joshi MINNESOTA - A new poll conducted by Change Research and commissioned by the ACLU finds th ...

By Ankita Joshi MINNESOTA - A new poll conducted by Change Research and commissioned by the ACLU finds that there is “overwhelmingly support” for re-examining public safety in Brooklyn Center and inve ...

July 10, 2021
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Maricopa County Policy of Using ‘Substantially Harsher’ Threat if Defendant Doesn’t Jump at First Offer

Posted by Aakanksha Patel
|Date: July 08, 2021
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Maricopa County Policy of Using ‘Substantially Harsher’ Threat if Defendant Doesn’t Jump at First Offer

By Aakanksha Patel and Alexander Ramirez PHOENIX, AZ - The American Civil Liberties Union national office ...

By Aakanksha Patel and Alexander Ramirez PHOENIX, AZ - The American Civil Liberties Union national office and the ACLU of Arizona have filed a federal class action lawsuit here against the Maricopa Co ...

July 08, 2021
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Organizations Call on President Biden to Grant Clemency to Thousands on COVID Home Confinement

Posted by Stephanie Boulos
|Date: July 01, 2021
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Organizations Call on President Biden to Grant Clemency to Thousands on COVID Home Confinement

By Stephanie Boulos and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the American ...

By Stephanie Boulos and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Justice Action Network urged President Biden to prevent thousands ...

July 01, 2021
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ACLU Praises Biden’s Announced Plan for Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Justice

Posted by Allison Hodge
|Date: June 28, 2021
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ACLU Praises Biden’s Announced Plan for Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Justice

By Allison Hodge and Lois Yoo WASHINGTON DC – Late last week, ACLU director of the Justice Division, Udi ...

By Allison Hodge and Lois Yoo WASHINGTON DC – Late last week, ACLU director of the Justice Division, Udi Ofer, offered a statement regarding President Joe Biden's Plan for Strengthening America’s Comm ...

June 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People from Being Sent Back to Prison

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|Date: June 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People from Being Sent Back to Prison

If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding ov ...

If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal prison population in history. By Udi Ofer Imagine being ...

June 22, 2021
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CA Appeals Court Tells State Courts They Can’t Continue to ‘Warehouse’ Thousands of Disabled Defendants in Jails, ACLU Announces

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|Date: June 17, 2021
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CA Appeals Court Tells State Courts They Can’t Continue to ‘Warehouse’ Thousands of Disabled Defendants in Jails, ACLU Announces

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The state of California cannot continue to “warehouse” thousands o ...

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The state of California cannot continue to “warehouse” thousands of people awaiting trial for months, and sometimes years in county jails, according to a ruling ...

June 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population during the Pandemic Is a Model for the Nation

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|Date: June 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population during the Pandemic Is a Model for the Nation

The court-ordered victory shows that decarceration is not only possible going forward, it’s critically im ...

The court-ordered victory shows that decarceration is not only possible going forward, it’s critically important. By Corene Kendrick, Daisy Ramirez, and Somil Trivedi Last week, a state court judge in ...

June 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Mass ICE Detention Is Unnecessary

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|Date: June 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Mass ICE Detention Is Unnecessary

Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other ...

Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's brutality impossible to ignore. By Jessica Bansal The cruel ...

June 10, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Has the ACLU Lost Its Way in Protecting Speech They Hate?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Has the ACLU Lost Its Way in Protecting Speech They Hate?

By David M. Greenwald On Sunday, the NY Times ran a provocative story: “Once a Bastion of Free Speech, th ...

By David M. Greenwald On Sunday, the NY Times ran a provocative story: “Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis.” In it, they argued, “An organization that has defended t ...

June 07, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further

Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work ...

Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work to do to effectively improve the criminal legal system in Philadelphia. By Reggie Shuford The ...

May 29, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder

By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad ...

By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad daylight by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over 9 minutes and 29 seconds as he plead ...

May 26, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 108: Larry Krasner’s Huge Win & Future of Progressive DA Movement

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 24, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 108: Larry Krasner’s Huge Win & Future of Progressive DA Movement

Last week, Larry Krasner, who was among the first wave of progressive DAs to be elected in 2017, won a re ...

Last week, Larry Krasner, who was among the first wave of progressive DAs to be elected in 2017, won a resounding reelection in the Democratic primary after a former Deputy DA, whom he had fired in 20 ...

May 24, 2021
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