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26 Jan 2023, 12:38 pm by Justin Chan
(Image: Innocence Project) In an effort to counter the guilty plea phenomena, the Innocence Project is working with a coalition of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and many more, to end the trial penalty — the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea deal prior to trial versus the… [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 10:55 am by Alicia Maule
“Police immediately jumped to the conclusion that Mariah had been murdered and never considered medical and scientific evidence that could have established Mariah died after an accidental fall,” said Vanessa Potkin, Director of Special Litigation at the Innocence Project, and one of Melissa’s attorneys. [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 6:39 am by David Oscar Markus
§ 3661 to preclude a court of the United States from considering, except for purposes of mitigating a sentence, acquitted conduct at sentencing, andDefining “acquitted conduct” to include acts for which a person was criminally charged and adjudicated not guilty after trial in a Federal, State, Tribal, or Juvenile court, or acts underlying a criminal charge or juvenile information dismissed upon a motion for acquittal.Along with Durbin and Grassley, the legislation is also… [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 7:13 am by Jennifer Lynch
As we explained in the letter: The capacity of the FBI to collect and retain information, even on innocent Americans, has grown exponentially. [read post]
22 May 2020, 12:53 pm by jlucivero
The Innocence Project is a member of a coalition of 21 organizations that stands with the New York delegation and their recommendations to Governor Cuomo. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 1:27 pm by Nadia Kayyali
A bipartisan coalition of 38 civil liberties and public interest organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sent a letter to Congress yesterday that draws a line in the sand on NSA reform. [read post]
8 Jun 2023, 1:07 pm by India McKinney
The other signers of EFF’s letter include: Advocacy for Principled Action in Government American Civil Liberties Union Center for Democracy & Technology Chamber of Progress Defending Rights & Dissent Fight for the Future Freedom of the Press Foundation Government Information Watch National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers R Street Institute S.T.O.P. - Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Other signers of ACLU and NACDL’s letter include: Advocacy For… [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:08 pm by Alicia Maule
  The bill received widespread support from a bipartisan coalition of organizations including the Innocence Project, Americans for Prosperity, American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Justice, National Police Accountability Project, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben & Jerry’s. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:21 pm by Dani Selby
” A bipartisan coalition of organizations including the Innocence Project, Americans for Prosperity, American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Justice, National Police Accountability Project, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s — championed the bill. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 1:55 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Our coalition's advocacy work resulted in the Governor's creating an Advisory Commission in 2011 to study the indigent defense problem in the state. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 11:57 am
Richard Epstein and I helped draft the statement: We, the undersigned members of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee and the Project's Coalition to Defend Checks and Balances, are deeply troubled by the recent legislation eliminating habeas corpus for certain non-citizens detained by the United States. [read post]
7 Mar 2007, 12:00 am
 If you oppose any or all of these planned executions, or the death penalty itself, please raise your voice in opposition by contacting the governors and lawmakers who can put a stop to executions, by writing letters to the editor (smaller newspapers, in particular, are eager to print such letters on both sides of the issue), by spreading the abolitionist message one person at a time, and by giving your time and funds to such organizations as the National Coalition to Abolish the Death… [read post]
8 May 2019, 8:20 am by Jason Kelley
’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while building a database that will greatly expand DHS’s ability to surveil innocent people. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 8:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas; the Innocence Project; the Veritas Initiative, Northern California Innocence Project’s prosecutorial accountability program; the Innocence Project of New Orleans; Voices of Innocence; and local partners, the Texas Center for Actual Innocence; and the Actual Innocence Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 11:19 am by Marvin Ammori
And thousands of Americans are contacting Congress through the amazing effort of AmericanCensorship.org, a joint project of several civil liberties groups.In reviewing these bills, I produced a memorandum for Congress analyzing their First Amendment problems. [read post]
17 May 2023, 10:06 am by Joe Mullin
This one-page document from the Protect Free Speech Coalition explains the most important points of our opposition. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 4:06 am
Rogue of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Andria Shively ofthe Inside Books Project and Michele Deitch, adjunct professor at the LyndonB. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 1:00 pm
We at the Sierra Club, along with the Southern Border Communities Coalition and American Civil Liberties Union, sued immediately. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 4:08 am
View the article hereNOTE: This is in regards to the death penalty for sex offenders who have been found guilty of raping a child.Briefs and Documents Docket: 07-343 Argument Transcript Merits briefs Brief for Petitioner Patrick Kennedy Brief for Respondent State of Louisiana Reply Brief for Petitioner Patrick Kennedy Amicus briefs Brief for the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Louisiana Public Defenders Association in Support of Petitioner Brief for the American… [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 1:29 pm by Suzanne Ito
The organizations signing the brief are: • Bureau of Investigative Journalism • Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) • Center for Constitutional Rights • Center on National Security at Fordham Law School • The Constitution Project • First Amendment Coalition • Human Rights Watch • International Commission of Jurists • National Security Archive The brief was written by the National Security Clinic at the… [read post]