Press Releases
Nov 18, 2019
ACLU-MI Applauds Michigan Secretary of State for Creating a Transgender-Inclusive Driver’s License Policy
DETROIT – Today the Michigan Secretary of State announced it is streamlining the process for a person to change their sex designation on their state driver’s license or identif...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Nov 18, 2019
Settlement Reached to End Permanent Solitary Confinement for People Sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, and counsel Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Kairys, Rudovsky, Mess...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 17, 2019
NYCLU Statement on Former Mayor Bloomberg Apologizing for Stop-and-Frisk
NEW YORK – Today, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for his administration’s aggressive stop-and-frisk policies.
During the twelve years of the Bloomber...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 15, 2019
ACLU Comment on Trump Pardons in War-Crimes Cases
WASHINGTON — President Trump reportedly pardoned three U.S. military service members tonight who have been convicted of or charged with war crimes.
Below is comment from Hina Sha...
Nov 15, 2019
ACLU-NJ Marijuana Data Brief Finds Cannabis Arrests Have Skyrocketed Since Earlier Report
ACLU-NJ’s data brief finds 3-to-1 disparity in Black-white arrest rates for marijuana possession has persisted, and arrest numbers have soared
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 14, 2019
NYCLU Statement on Green Light Law Implementation
NEW YORK – After the first of three lawsuits challenging New York’s Green Light Law was dismissed last week, a select few county clerks have stated they will not comply with th...
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