Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Oct 28, 2022

Riverside County Capital Cases Among First to Bring Challenges Under CA Racial Justice Act

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Two people facing capital charges in Riverside County are using the novel California Racial Justice Act (CRJA) to challenge prosecutors’ decision to seek th...

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Aug 16, 2022

ACLU Demands an End to Racist Jury Selection Tactic in North Carolina Death Penalty Trial

The ACLU’s challenge relies in part on a new study of capital cases in Wake County, North Carolina, finding Black jurors are disproportionately disqualified from serving on capital juries.

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Nov 22, 2021

ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Review Georgia Law Permitting Executions of Persons with Intellectual Disability

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Rodney Young, a man incarcerated on Georgia’s death...

Issue Areas: Disability Rights Capital Punishment

Nov 18, 2021

ACLU Statement on Julius Jones Commutation

OKLAHOMA CITY — Julius Jones was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, however, announced today ...

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Jul 02, 2021

ACLU Statement on Federal Executions Moratorium

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and pro...

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Jun 01, 2021

ACLU Statement on Georgia Supreme Court’s Decision in Rodney Young Case

Court Fails to Recognize Young’s Intellectual Disability and Spare him from the Death Penalty

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

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