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May 31, 2018

CBP Fails to Discredit Our Report on Abuse of Immigrant Kids

Customs and Border Protection makes a series of false statements in defense of abusive practices.

Last week, the ACLU’s Border Litigation Project and University of Chicago Law’s International Human...

By aclutn

Customs and Border Protection makes a series of false statements in defense of abusive practices.

Last week, the ACLU’s Border Litigation Project and University of Chicago Law’s International Human...

By aclutn
May 30, 2018

Racist Jury Selection at the Heart of a 1977 Murder Conviction

Racial bias continues to render death sentences unreliable and deny defendants equal justice.

Johnny Lee Gates, a Black man convicted in 1977 by an all-white jury of murdering a white woman in...

By aclutn

Racial bias continues to render death sentences unreliable and deny defendants equal justice.

Johnny Lee Gates, a Black man convicted in 1977 by an all-white jury of murdering a white woman in...

By aclutn
May 29, 2018

Ohio Wants to Make Sexting Illegal for Anyone Under 19

Teen sexting may be unwise, but it should not be grounds to ruin young people’s lives.

Oftentimes, when lawmakers don’t know how to make sense of something, or it scares them, they criminalize it....

By aclutn

Teen sexting may be unwise, but it should not be grounds to ruin young people’s lives.

Oftentimes, when lawmakers don’t know how to make sense of something, or it scares them, they criminalize it....

By aclutn
May 29, 2018

Could New York Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana?

A new analysis provides even more proof that Black and brown people are unfairly targeted for a crime that shouldn’t exist.

The New York Police Department regularly faces criticism over...

By aclutn

A new analysis provides even more proof that Black and brown people are unfairly targeted for a crime that shouldn’t exist.

The New York Police Department regularly faces criticism over...

By aclutn
May 25, 2018

The House Could Soon Give Jeff Sessions’ $50 Million to Wage the War on Drugs

The continued congressional rubber-stamping of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program must stop, especially under Sessions.

While the House was busy passing the divisive “...

By aclutn

The continued congressional rubber-stamping of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program must stop, especially under Sessions.

While the House was busy passing the divisive “...

By aclutn
May 25, 2018

Trump Nominates Anti-Immigrant Zealot to Run Department on Refugees

Senators should question Mortensen about his extreme hostility towards immigrants before voting on his appointment.

This week, President Trump...

By aclutn

Senators should question Mortensen about his extreme hostility towards immigrants before voting on his appointment.

This week, President Trump...

By aclutn