Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
Oct 04, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to United Nations Reports on Policing and Racial Justice
GENEVA — Two United Nations reports detailing the ways in which systemic racism infects every facet of our criminal legal system in the United States will be presented before the...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 12, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to National Public Defense Workload Study
NEW YORK — A first of its kind comprehensive national study into how many cases public defense attorneys can reasonably handle provides new evidence that many public defense syst...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 05, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Condemns Unprecedented RICO Indictment of People Protesting Construction of Controversial Police Training Center in Georgia
ATLANTA — Georgia’s attorney general has obtained indictments against more than 60 people, alleging violations of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (...
Aug 21, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Constitutionality of Restrictions on Gun Possession by Individuals Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
NEW YORK — Today, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Rahimi, a Second Amendment challenge to the federal l...
Court case: United States v. Rahimi
Jul 06, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges Unequal Response to Mental Health Emergencies in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON — Bread for the City, a D.C.-based nonprofit supporting underserved communities, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the District of Columbia’s practice of sen...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Jun 22, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Reaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case
LOS ANGELES – Today, U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson approved an extraordinary settlement between people incarcerated in Los Angeles jails — represented by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Natio...
Court case: Rutherford v. Luna
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