Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
Dec 15, 2016
Statement from ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Wisconsin on Charging of Officer Heaggan-Brown
Statement from Chris Ahmuty, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Wisconsin Executive Director:
Today, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced that his office filed first-degree reckless hom...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 30, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of North Carolina Responds to Lack of Charges in Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray announced that he will not bring charges against the police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott. The...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 16, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Minnesota Responds to Charges Against St. Anthony Officer Who Killed Philando Castile
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today the Ramsey County Attorney announced that the officer who killed Philando Castile will be charged with manslaughter in the second degree and two felony co...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Oct 12, 2016
Disastrous Toll of Drug Use Criminalization
Enforcement Destroys Families, Undermines Health
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Oct 03, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û And 90 Organizations Press Justice Department for Data on Fatal Police Shootings
WASHINGTON — Ninety-six organizations sent a letter today spearheaded by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û pressing the Department of Justice on the need for states and law enfo...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Oct 03, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of San Diego Statement on El Cajon Police Department’s Video Release
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The video released Friday of the shooting death of Alfred Olango by El Cajon Police raises disturbing if sadly familiar questions about how police handle cris...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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