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Apr 09, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 of Oregon questions killing of man by police in Portland, calls for transparency
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police officers fatally shot an unidentified man last night at Cityteam Ministries homeless shelter in Portland. A police spokesperson said the officers believed t...
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Criminal Law Reform
Apr 04, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 Sues Orange County District Attorney and Sheriff over Secret, Illegal Jail Informant Program
Vast Operation of Paid Jailhouse Informants Has Tainted Convictions for More than Thirty Years
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: P.E.O.P.L.E. v Rackauckas
Mar 27, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 Responds to Attorney General Landry鈥檚 Decision Not to Charge Officers Involved in Alton Sterling鈥檚 Killing
BATON ROUGE, La. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Landry鈥檚 decision not to bring criminal...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Feb 12, 2018
Police Officer Fired for not Shooting Unarmed Man Reaches Settlement with W.Va. City
WEIRTON, W.Va. 鈥� A settlement agreement was reached between former Weirton police officer Stephen Mader and the City of Weirton in a lawsuit challenging the termination of Mr. Ma...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Feb 01, 2018
Savannah Police Suspend Program Instructing Landlords to Deny Housing to People with Criminal Records
SAVANNAH, Ga. 鈥� The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department suspended its Crime Free Housing Program, which for 18 years had instructed landlords to refuse to rent apartm...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Jan 04, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 Statement on DOJ Decision to Shift Federal Government鈥檚 Role in State Marijuana Laws
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Department of Justice is expected to reverse an Obama-era policy today that discouraged federal prosecutors from bringing charges against marijuana users in stat...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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