Capital Punishment Opponents Charge Missouri Attorney General Continues to Press for Wrongful Execution Despite Man’s Clear Innocence
By Perla Chavez ST. LOUIS, MO – Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (MADP) this month described…
Lawsuit Filed in Response to Louisiana Law Mandating 10 Commandments Be Displayed in Public Schools
By Lily Rusk BATON ROUGE, LA — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed on behalf of…
Op-Ed Describes Lawmaker Losing Son to Opioid Epidemic
By Audrey Sawyer and Eddy Zhang TRUSSVILLE, AL – Fentanyl currently takes over 150 lives each day,…
New Jersey Public Defender Becomes Police Accountability Director
By Roxy Benson ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – NJ.com reports Danica Rue, veteran public defender, is the new…
COURT WATCH: Accused Woman Who Failed to Appear in Court Released from Jail; Defense Says Phone Stolen from Emergency Shelter
BURLINGTON, VT – An accused woman who previously had failed to appear in court multiple times was…
Incarcerated Advocates Comment on Incarceration System After Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity, Trump
By Vy Tran WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month ruled via a 6-3…
Newspaper Raid by Kansas Police Results in Chief Resigning, $235,000 Judgment for Reporter
By The Vanguard Staff MARION, KA – The chief of police here was forced to resign, and…
Hearing Set for Marcellus William’s Wrongful Conviction, Death Sentence Following Prosecution Motion to Vacate
By Roxy Benson ST. LOUIS, MO – A judge last week in the Circuit Court of St….
Oakland Juneteenth Shooting Suspect Arraigned, Charged with 4 Counts of Felony Assault
By Enola Gueta OAKLAND, CA. — A few weeks following a Juneteenth mass shooting, the Alameda County…
NEW STUDY: A Correlation between Politics and Capital Punishment
By Lily Rusk WASHINGTON, DC – There appears to be a strong correlation between capital punishment and…
Truthout Op-Ed: Biden Offered No Alternative in Debate to Trump’s Pro-Policing Authoritarianism
By Yana Singhal WASHINGTON, DC – In 2020, “the U.S. experienced some of the largest protests in…
Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Denied Parole Again After 50 Years in Prison
By Elena Fasullo NEW YORK, NY- On June 10, Native American activist and member of the American…
Detroit Police Receive Facial Recognition Technology Training after Lawsuit Agreement
By Perla Chavez DETROIT, MI – ACLU, in a statement last week, chronicled that as a result…
Inmate Executed in Texas for a Crime Committed 20 Years Ago at Age 18
By Aria Jalan AUSTIN, TX – The execution of Ramiro Gonzales by the State of Texas last…
ACLU: Supreme Court of Texas Ruling Means Texas Trans Youth Continue to Be at Risk
By Vy Tran Austin, TX — The Supreme Court of Texas last week blocked attempts of overturning…
NY Times Calls on Biden to ‘Leave the Race’
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a move that illustrated how profound the dynamics of the…
Fireworks and Questions: 1st Presidential Debate of the Campaign
By Aria Jalan ATLANTA, GA – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump Thursday took the…
Death Row Opponents Condemn Execution of Oklahoma’s ‘Longest Serving Death Row Prisoner’ Richard Norman Rojem, 66
By Kapish Kalita OKLAHOMA, OK – Richard Norman Rojem, 66, was executed by the state of Oklahoma…
Commentary: The Calls for Biden to Step Aside Will Grow Louder Now
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon Going to the…
ACLU Joins ACLU of Texas in Effort to Overturn Peaceful Protesters’ Criminal Charges
By Sarah Chayet WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU of Texas and the ACLU announced Tuesday they are…
