Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
Jul 31, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sues York County Sheriff’s Department and Jail over Unreasonable Arrest and Treatment of Waterboro Man
Alfred, ME - The unnecessary and unlawful arrest of a Waterboro man and his subsequent treatment in the York County Jail violated his constitutional rights, according to a lawsuit ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jul 22, 2019
Court Releases Report on NYPD Reforms after Landmark Muslim Surveillance Settlement
NEW YORK - A federal court overseeing unprecedented reforms in the wake of wrongful NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities made public late yesterday the second annual report of a...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jul 22, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Mounts Two-Pronged Attack to Make Records of Police Misconduct Public
Calling it “one of the most damaging decisions affecting the public’s right to know that has been issued, and a significant obstacle to holding police departments accountable,â...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jul 02, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Metro Transit Police Officer’s Use of Taser on Bystander
WASHINGTON – On Saturday evening June 22 at a platform in the U St. Metro station, Metro Transit Police Officer Jonathan Costanzo tasered Metro customer Tapiwa Musonza as he was ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 27, 2019
Congress Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Address Policing for Profit
WASHINGTON — The Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration or FAIR Act was introduced today in the House. The bill would reform the practice of law enforcement seizing money, homes, ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Feb 20, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û 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...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Criminal Law Reform
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