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ACLU in NYT: Commutations are Good, Addressing Systemic Injustice is Better

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 1:19pm
Borrowed from the British monarchy and codified in the United States Constitution after lively debate at the Philadelphia Convention, the power of pardon and ... Read More

New York Times Highlights Urgent Need to Protect Immigration Detainees from Sexual Abuse

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 2:57pm
It is critical the Obama administration ensures that the bipartisan Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) applies to immigration detention facilities. Read More

ACLU Lens: North Carolina Repeals Historic Legislation Combating Racism in Death Penalty

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 2:45pm
The North Carolina state Senate late Monday voted to repeal an historic 2009 law that would have helped ensure that death sentences handed down in the state were ... Read More

ACLU Lens: Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium Latest Step Toward Abolition

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 11:29am
Expressing regret that he allowed two executions to go forward 10 years ago, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber yesterday put a moratorium on the state's death penalty. Read More

The Big Business of Inhumane Detention of Immigrants

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 5:13pm
The inhumane and abusive immigration detention system is good business for one particular special interest group — the private prison industry. Read More

Immigration Detention: A Death Sentence for Far Too Many

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 2:35pm
Being needlessly detained should never turn into a death sentence. Read More

Under ACLU Fire, Baca Running for Cover

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 6:02pm
L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca has put together a task force to investigate allegations of abuse inside his jails. But an internal investigation is not enough. Read More

ACLU Lens: Rachel Maddow Highlights ACLU Report on Abuse in Los Angeles Jails

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 1:05pm
An ACLU report documents dozens of stories of brutal violence carried out by sheriff’s deputies against inmates at the Los Angeles County Jail. Read More

ACLU Lens: Abuse in the Los Angeles County Jails

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 10:41am
A new report released today by the ACLU reveals shocking details of a climate of violence inside the nation's largest jail system.  Read More

ACLU Lens: Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole Denies Clemency to Troy Davis Despite Serious Doubts About his Guilt

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 11:53am
The board denied clemency despite serious concerns that he was wrongfully convicted in 1989 for killing a police officer. Read More
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