Press Releases

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ACLU Submits Testimony for Rep. King’s “Radicalization” Hearing

Group Urges Committee To Allow Constitution To Play A Role In Hearings
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

ACLU to Sheriffs: Immigration-Based Policing Too Costly

New Report Details Ways to Lawfully Boost Public Safety, Limit Costs

Add Water and Kill?

ACLU Statement on New Lethal Injection Records from CA Department of Corrections
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Court Orders CDCR to Produce Lethal Injection Records

CA Corrections Dep’t Has One Week to Give Details on Mystery Acquisition of Sodium Thiopental
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

ACLU Sues California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

CDCR Has Failed to Produce Records on Recent Acquisition of Lethal Injection Drug
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

ACLU to Attorney General: There is No Basis for Challenging California’s Proposition 19

Continued Criminalization of Marijuana Wastes Scarce Resources and Has Disproportionate Impact on Communities of Color
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform