Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
Jun 17, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Mayor de Blasio’s Announcement of Police Disciplinary Database
NEW YORK CITY - Today at a press conference, Mayor de Blasio announced that the city would create an online database with the disciplinary records of all NYPD officers. In response...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU Statement on Trump Executive Order on Policing
WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald Trump signed an executive order outlining meager police reforms following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Bla...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU Analysis of D.C. Stop-and-Frisk Data Reveals Ineffective Policing, Troubling Racial Disparities
WASHINGTON -- An ACLU and ACLU of the District of Columbia analysis of the most recent stop-and-frisk data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has revealed that B...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 15, 2020
Reaction to Governor Lamont’s Issuance of Executive Order Number 8
HARTFORD – Governor Ned Lamont today issued an executive order requiring the Connecticut State Police to review their use of force policy, temporarily suspend acquisition of mili...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 15, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas, Legal Service Providers Files Suit for Tenant Against Desha County Officials, Challenging Constitutionality of Criminal Eviction Law
MCGEHEE, ARK. – Representing a renter facing eviction and potential criminal penalties after losing their job due to COVID-19, the ACLU of Arkansas, the Bowen Legal Clinic, the C...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 15, 2020
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Qualified Immunity Denial
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the American Civil Liberties Union’s petition in Baxter vs. Bracey, a challenge to the legal rule of “qualified immunity” ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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