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Jan 04, 2018
Civil Rights Organizations Demand Police Reform Documents From Justice Department
WASHINGTON — Three civil rights organizations filed Freedom of Information Act requests today with the Department of Justice for records relating to the enforcement of laws that ...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Dec 14, 2017
Maricopa County Prosecutor Drops Challenge to Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act as Violation of Federal Law, Ceding Victory to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
PHOENIX –Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery has decided not to challenge the most recent ruling upholding Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act, as the deadline of December ...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Dec 07, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to Guilty Verdict for Former Police Officer Michael Slager in Killing of Walter Scott
CHARLESTON – Shaundra Scott, the executive director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of South Carolina, had the following response to former police officer Michael Slager’s guilty verdict in the ki...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Dec 06, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Kansas Report Reveals Consequences of the Severe Underutilization of Diversion in Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Today, following an exhaustive, multi-month investigation into diversion practices in all 105 counties in Kansas, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Kansas issued a report detaili...
Nov 15, 2017
Judge Orders St. Louis Police to Immediately Change Tactics and Protect the Rights of People
Changes in protocol during demonstrations ordered after ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Missouri lawsuit
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Nov 02, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sues Nevada Over Deficient, Unconstitutional Public Defense System in 11 Rural Counties
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Nevada, Franny Forsman, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a class-action lawsuit against Nevada for routin...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Davis v. Nevada
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