Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
May 08, 2020
ACLU Sues to Protect People Incarcerated in a Private Prison From COVID-19
Lawsuit Seeks Class-Action Relief for People Detained in Federal Custody in Arizona
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Prisoners' Rights
May 08, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Rochester Police Accountability Board Disciplinary Powers
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Yesterday the newly formed Rochester Police Accountability Board was stripped of its disciplinary powers through a decision issued in state Supreme Court. In resp...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 05, 2020
ACLU of Georgia, National ACLU Demand Transparency and Accountability in Killing Of Unarmed Black Jogger Ahmaud Arbery
ATLANTA – The following is a statement from Andrea Young, Executive Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU-GA) regarding the recent reporting of an unar...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
May 01, 2020
ACLU Statement Calls for the Release of Pregnant People from Prisons and Jails
WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order today to release pregnant people who have less than six months in their sentence from New York prisons.
In resp...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Criminal Law Reform
May 01, 2020
VICTORY: NOPD Calls Off “Informational” Checkpoints
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Police Department has confirmed that it will end its so-called “informational” vehicle checkpoints, a victory for the ACLU of Louisiana and a co...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Apr 28, 2020
ACLU-DC Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief Challenging Federal Government’s Moving Felony Gun Charges to Federal Court
WASHINGTON — The ACLU of the District of Columbia and the law firm of Hogan Lovells LLP today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Reed and United States v. Simm...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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