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Dec 5, 2017

Diversion Programs Are Cheaper and More Effective Than Incarceration. Prosecutors Should Embrace Them.

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas shows how diversion programs can combat mass incarceration.

When it comes to reducing mass incarceration, some solutions are actually staring us right in the...

By aclutn

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas shows how diversion programs can combat mass incarceration.

When it comes to reducing mass incarceration, some solutions are actually staring us right in the...

By aclutn

Dec 5, 2017

ACLU Files Supreme Court Brief Responding to Government Request to Throw Out Jane Doe Abortion Ruling

The Trump administration has provided no legal justification for its extraordinary request.

The ACLU filed a brief last night in the ...

By aclutn

The Trump administration has provided no legal justification for its extraordinary request.

The ACLU filed a brief last night in the ...

By aclutn

Dec 5, 2017

Reading the Tea Leaves From the Supreme Court’s Cakeshop Argument

Justice Kennedy will likely be the swing vote on whether businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate.

The United States Supreme Court just finished hearing arguments in what...

By aclutn

Justice Kennedy will likely be the swing vote on whether businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate.

The United States Supreme Court just finished hearing arguments in what...

By aclutn

Dec 5, 2017

Court Rules ICE Can’t Detain Immigrant Teens Without Due Process

ICE locked up immigrant teenagers for months without evidence in violation of their due process rights.

After five months locked up in detention, F.E.* returned home to Brentwood, N.Y. “I thought I’...

By aclutn

ICE locked up immigrant teenagers for months without evidence in violation of their due process rights.

After five months locked up in detention, F.E.* returned home to Brentwood, N.Y. “I thought I’...

By aclutn

Dec 4, 2017

Are Rhode Island Police Implementing Illegal Traffic Ticket Quotas?

In a letter to the state’s police chiefs, the ACLU of Rhode Island warned against implementing traffic ticket quota policies.

Nobody likes getting pulled over by the police, but when even the...

By aclutn

In a letter to the state’s police chiefs, the ACLU of Rhode Island warned against implementing traffic ticket quota policies.

Nobody likes getting pulled over by the police, but when even the...

By aclutn

Dec 1, 2017

The Trump Administration Just Admitted a Secretly Detained American Has Asked for a Lawyer – But It Won’t Give Him One

The government is resisting ACLU efforts to make contact with the man so he can challenge his detention.

An American being held without charges by the U.S. military in Iraq has...

By aclutn

The government is resisting ACLU efforts to make contact with the man so he can challenge his detention.

An American being held without charges by the U.S. military in Iraq has...

By aclutn