Press Releases

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California’s Lethal Injection Plan Amounts to Human Experimentation

Legal experts, advocates and nearly 15,000 object to the CDCR’s proposal to resume executions.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

ACLU of California Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47

County-by-County Analysis, Key Findings, Policy Recommendations
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Governor Brown Signs Groundbreaking Data Collection Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

California takes monumental step toward fair policing with first-ever bill to collect, analyze, and make public data on all police stops.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform