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Rachel
Myers

Rachel Myers is a senior communications strategist at the ACLU focusing on criminal justice issues. She worked previously at the ACLU of Maine and the Portland (ME) Education Partnership, where she trained teachers, students and community organizations to use service learning in the public schools. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

05/17/2012
Medical Marijuana

Op-Ed: A Judge’s Plea for Pot

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 4:53pm
Today, in a powerful and brave opinion piece in the New York Times, Judge Gustin L. Reichbach tells of how he relies on marijuana to tame the abysmal effects of ... Read More
04/18/2012
Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Patient Fired by Wal-Mart Deserves His Day in Court

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 5:07pm
Some readers may recall the story of Joseph Casias, the model employee who was fired from his job at Wal-Mart for using medical marijuana in accordance with state ... Read More
04/12/2012
Connecticut

ACLU Lens: Connecticut Poised to Become 17th State to Repeal Death Penalty

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 4:58pm
The passage late Wednesday by the Connecticut House of a bill to repeal the death penalty is the latest sign of growing momentum in favor of ending the use of ... Read More
04/02/2012
Solitary Confinement

ACLU Calls for Tamms Closure

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 1:29pm
In a new podcast, former Tamms prisoner Brian Nelson talks about the 23 years he spent in solitary confinement. Read More
03/20/2012
Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients

Editorial: Drug-Testing Welfare Applicants Nets Little

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 4:00pm
An editorial in yesterday's USA Today takes a hard look at the recent push to drug-test applicants for public assistance across the country. The verdict? ... Read More
03/08/2012
Private Prisons

Stop Incarceration for Profit in Your State

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 3:28pm
A private prison company, Corrections Corporation of America, wants to buy your state's prisons and keep them full. Help us stop them. Read More
02/29/2012
Prosecutorial Misconduct

Editorial: We Need Reforms to Increase Confidence in the Justice System

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 5:40pm
An excellent op-ed in the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) today begins, "Our justice system makes two promises to its citizens: a fundamentally fair trial and an ... Read More
02/02/2012
NYPD

NYC Marijuana Arrests Still Too High

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 3:43pm
The New York City Police Department made a near-record number of low-level marijuana arrests in 2011, surpassing 2010 and making 2011 the second-most prolific ... Read More
02/02/2012

VIDEO: African-Americans Excluded From Capital Case Juries

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 1:54pm
Laverne Keys, a longtime North Carolinian who wished to do her civic duty by serving on a jury, believes she was excluded from service because she is black. ... Read More
01/27/2012
Solitary Confinement

Overincarceration in America

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 11:35am
We believe that America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal resources wisely. But more Americans are ... Read More
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