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Jul 21, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Florida Statement on the Police Shooting of an Unarmed Man in North Miami
MIAMI, FL – The below statement on the shooting of Charles Kinsey by North Miami police officers is from Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Florida: “We are extrem...
Jul 08, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Texas Response to Dallas Police Shootings
HOUSTON – Last night police officers in Dallas were gunned down while protecting community members exercising their right to protest peacefully. The protesters were publicly chal...
Jul 07, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Philando Castile Shooting
FALCON HEIGHTS, MINN — In reaction to the killing last night of Philando Castile, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Minnesota Executive Director Charles Samuelson issued the following statement: "We are g...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Jul 06, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Alton Sterling Shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. — Details surrounding the shooting last night of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge continue to emerge. In reaction, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esm...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
May 12, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û lawsuit reveals one in six Massachusetts drug convictions tainted by Dookhan scandal
BOSTON -- Prosecutors responding to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û litigation have provided lists that, for the first time, identify more than 24,000 drug cases worked on by convicted chemist Annie Dookhan,...
May 10, 2016
Court Reforms in Birmingham Will Reduce Jail Time for Poor Defendants, Require Counsel at Bail Hearings
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Circuit Court, 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, released an historic administrative order that will drastically change the courts’ treatment of defendan...
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