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ACLU Hopes Candidates Won�t Make Straw Man of Sensible Sentencing Reforms
cocaine. The policy of mandatory minimum sentencing has led to thousands of people serving longer jail sentences and has contributed to the unfair sentencing disparities between federal crack and powder cocaine offenses that disproportionately affect people of color. The following can be attribute...
School-to-Prison Pipeline
test scores. Students of color are especially vulnerable to push-out trends and the discriminatory application of discipline. The ACLU believes that children should be educated, not incarcerated. We are working to challenge numerous policies and practices within public school systems and the juveni...
Disproportionate Minority Contact
2003, entitled Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Massachusetts: Failures in Assessing and Addressing Overrepresentation of Minorities in the Massachusetts' Juvenile Justice System. Since the release of this report, the ACLU has engaged in numerous forums and dialogues with government...
ACLU Joins Representative Jackson-Lee�s Call for Sentencing Fix
The federal drug sentencing laws have been out of balance for two decades, and this bill gives us the chance to even the scales. 2008 is the year for Congress to correct this injustice in the criminal justice system." Just last week, the Supreme Court ruled that judges could issue lighte...
ACLU Responds to Mukasey�s Remarks on Federal Sentencing Guidelines
are eligible to be re-sentenced and released from prison. As a former federal judge himself, Mr. Mukasey should understand that judges will only use their discretion to re-sentence offenders who deserve to be released under the law. We call on Congress to reject any attempts to pass legislation that...
Morse v. Frederick: Information and Resources (2/27/2007)
creativity, curiosity and (to some), outrageous sense of humor, are naturals when it comes to holding the First Amendment to the test of time, even in these times." - Mary Beth Tinker Joseph Frederick was suspended in 2002 for displaying a sign saying "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" at a rally f...
NYCLU and ACLU Report Calls for End to Over-Policing in New York City Schools
pipeline is a very disturbing trend in public education and the consequences will have grave ramifications for our children’s future," said Dennis Parker, Director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program. "More and more children of color are being treated as delinquents and shunted out of...
ACLU Challenges Prison-Like Conditions at Hutto Detention Center
and are allowed much more time outdoors. Educational programming has expanded and guards have been instructed not to discipline children by threatening to separate them from their parents. In addition to making those improvements permanent, the settlement also requires ICE to provide, among othe...
Hawaii Governor Wrong that Demise of Random Drug Testing Program Puts Teacher Pay Raise at...
throughout Hawaii’s public school system. The letter makes clear that the pay raise promised to teachers in their current contract can be in no way jeopardized by the demise of the random drug testing program: “No matter what happens to the drug testing program, the State must...
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