American Civil Liberties Union

Our constitution is meant to safeguard against government abuses of power. But all too often, the rights of those involved in the criminal justice system are compromised or ignored. The ACLU works to reform the criminal justice system and make the promise of fair treatment a reality for all people. >> More about the ACLU's Criminal Justice work.


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Criminal Justice : Resources

Ensuring Access to Counsel in Ohio: Stories of Children Who Waived (03/09/2006)

Ensuring Access to Counsel in Ohio: Why Youth Waive Their Right to Counsel (03/09/2006)
A Fact Sheet by the ACLU, The Children's Law Center & The Office of the Ohio State Public Defender

Community Resolution for Norwalk, CT (07/14/2005)

Report by the Constitution Project, "Balancing Act - Legislative Power and Judicial Independence" (09/27/2004)

Combatting The Surveillance Industrial Complex (08/09/2004)
The Surveillance Industrial Complex: How the Government is Conscripting Individuals and Businesses in the Construction of a Surveillance Society

ACLU of WA Report on Indigent Defense (03/01/2004)

Sample of Resources (12/17/2002)

Stories of ACLU Clients Swept Up in the Hearne Drug Bust of November 2000 (11/01/2002)

10 Reasons to Oppose "3 Strikes, You're Out" (03/17/2002)

Links to Other Criminal Justice Sites (03/12/2002)

The Bill of Rights: A Brief History (03/04/2002)
In the summer of 1787, delegates from the 13 states convened in Philadelphia and drafted a remarkable blueprint for self-government -- the Constitution of the United States. The first draft set up a system of checks and balances that included a strong executive branch, a representative legislature and a federal judiciary.

Second Amendment (03/04/2002)

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