Press Releases

May 20, 2015

Experts Find Illinois Inflicting Needless Pain and Suffering on Sick Prisoners

Study Released Today Says 60% of Non-Violent Deaths Show “Significant lapses in care”

Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights

May 19, 2015

South Carolina Senate Advances Ban on Later Abortions

COLUMBIA, S.C. –The South Carolina Senate has advanced a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks. The bill previously passed the House, and now returns to that chamber to approve S...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

May 19, 2015

ACLU-NC Releases Phone App to Hold Police Accountable

RALEIGH – The ACLU of North Carolina today launched Mobile Justice NC, a free smart phone app that allows North Carolinians to automatically record and submit cell phone videos t...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Criminal Law Reform

May 19, 2015

ACLU & Tea Party Patriots Co-Sponsor TV Ads Calling for Washington to Rein In Government Surveillance

NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Tea Party Patriots are jointly sponsoring a week-long ad buy beginning today in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C. Th...

Issue Areas: National Security

May 18, 2015

ACLU Comment on President Obama’s Ban on Militarization Pipeline to Police

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced a ban, effective immediately, on the federal government’s transfer of certain military vehicles and weaponry to local and state po...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

May 18, 2015

ACLU Win at Supreme Judicial Court Protects Due Process for Thousands, in Cases Stemming from Dookhan Drug Lab Scandal

State high court ruling on case brought by the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, and Foley Hoag LLP provides safe harbor for those who challenge wrongful convictions based on tainted evidence from the Hinton state drug lab.

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

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