Feb 22, 2019
ACLU Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Find Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Funding Disparities Between Counties Leads to Extreme Inequities, Numerous Committees Find
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment
Feb 22, 2019
ACLU Comment on House Resolution to Terminate Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) today introduced a resolution of disapproval to terminate the president’s emergency declaration to secure funds for a wall along the ...
Feb 22, 2019
ACLU Announces New Acting Political Director
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today the naming of Ronald Newman as acting national political director of its National Political Advocacy Department (N...
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...
Feb 18, 2019
Judges, District Attorneys, Cops Ask N.C. Supreme Court to Declare Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Criminal Justice Experts Say Death Penalty Is Broken and Cannot Be Fixed
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment
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