Press Releases

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Dec 03, 2012

ACLU to Reveal New Information About Alameda County's Secret Effort to Acquire Drone at Press Conference

Despite Pledges to the Contrary, New Documents Reveal Sheriff's Office Plans to Use Drone for Surveillance
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform, Privacy and Technology
Nov 07, 2012

ACLU and EFF Challenge Free Speech Restrictions in California's Proposition 35

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Judge to Block Unconstitutional Internet Provisions in New Law
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform, Privacy and Technology
Nov 07, 2012

ACLU and EFF Challenge Free Speech Restrictions in California's Proposition 35

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Judge to Block Unconstitutional Internet Provisions in New Law
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform, Privacy and Technology
Sep 27, 2012

At One-Year Anniversary of Prison Realignment, ACLU Says California Failing to Enact Needed Criminal Justice Reforms

State Legislature Must Reject Failed Policies of Past In Face of New Polling Data Showing Overwhelming Public Support for Alternatives to Costly Incarceration
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Sep 26, 2012

UC Davis Students Reach $1Million Settlement with University Over Pepper-Spraying Incident

University Will Formally Apologize and Implement Reforms
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Jul 05, 2012

Education or Incarceration?

Web App Asks CA to Weigh Incarceration Spending Against Other Priorities
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform