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Mar 01, 2019
Judge Allows Case Against Orleans Parish DA Cannizzaro for Using Bogus Subpoenas and Jailing Crime Victims to Proceed
NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro fo...
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Smart Justice
Court case: Singleton v. Cannizzaro
Feb 20, 2019
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Timbs v. Indiana
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated by the Bill of Rights and applies against state and local fines, f...
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Smart Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 11, 2018
ACLU Statement on Reports of FIRST STEP Act Moving Forward in Senate
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that he will bring a bipartisan criminal justice reform package, the FIRST STEP Act, to the floor for a Senate...
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Smart Justice
Oct 11, 2018
Academy Award Winner Common Partners With ACLU to Urge America to Vote Smart Justice in 2018
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today launched a video with Oscar and Grammy-winning artist and social justice activist Common that reminds voters of the urgency in...
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Smart Justice
Sep 25, 2018
ACLU Launches Voter Education Tool for 2018 Midterms with Info on Criminal Justice Platforms of Thousands of Candidates
First-Of-Its-Kind Tool Launches as New Poll Shows Broad Bipartisan Support for Criminal Justice Reform
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Smart Justice
Sep 05, 2018
ACLU Launches State-by-State Blueprints with Roadmaps for Cutting Incarceration by 50 Percent
Smart Justice Blueprints Launch With 24 State Reports and Interactive Web Tool, Remaining 27 to be Rolled Out in Coming Months
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Smart Justice
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