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19 Aug 2008, 1:47 am
"People think that imposing these draconian retroactive laws are a way to keep their children safe," said Margaret McLetchie, an American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada lawyer. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 6:40 am
Maggie McLetchie of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, said the new law has unintended consequences: Law enforcement will have to track a larger bulk of offenders, taking the focus off people who are most likely to re-offend. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 2:47 am
Nancy Hart of the Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty and Richard Siegel of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada said that executing Castillo may put the state "in the untenable position of having to explain why it felt compelled to rush an execution before the Supreme Court was able to rule. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 8:09 pm
District Judge James Mahan said the laws, as applied to 12 sex offenders represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, are unconstitutional. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 12:40 am
The appeal that halted the lethal injection was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of those who witness executions and argued that the paralytic effect of the pancuronium bromide creates a false impression of the event. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 10:08 am by CJLF Staff
  Dozier's attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union have petitioned for a stay arguing that state officials have not disclosed how the execution drugs to be used were obtained, and that the state's current three-drug protocol might cause pain. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 12:39 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
The A.C.L.U. claims that Nye County's plan to hand-count ballots risks the premature release of election results. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 1:08 am by SO Issues
Several anonymous sex offenders teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union Nevada to fight the legislation in Las Vegas. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 8:00 am by Terry Lenamon
  Of some note, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was litigating the constitutionality of Nevada's lethal injection method of execution in 2007, and Nevada took the challenge seriously enough to stay the execution of William Castillo, a man who had asked for the death penalty. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 12:59 pm by John Wright
  According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asset forfeiture practices often go hand-in hand with racial profiling and disproportionately impact low-income African-American or Hispanic people who the police decide look suspicious and for whom the process of trying to get one’s property back is an expensive ordeal that is often abandoned. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 9:44 pm
"People think that imposing these Draconian retroactive laws are a way to keep their children safe," said Margaret McLetchie, an American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada lawyer.McLetchie and Robert Langford, who represent 27 unnamed plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit, want to block two laws sex offender from taking effect in Nevada.The laws, which they say are unconstitutional, were tailored to meet standards under the Adam… [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 5:33 am
We will pursue that mandate," said Binu Palal, deputy attorney general.The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and attorney Robert Langford challenged the law on behalf of about a dozen sex offenders.Maggie McLetchie, staff attorney with the ACLU of Nevada, said she was disappointed with the attorney general's decision to appeal Mahan's decision. [read post]
16 Aug 2008, 4:58 am
"People think that imposing these Draconian retroactive laws are a way to keep their children safe," said Margaret McLetchie, an American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (Contact) lawyer. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 2:23 pm by Joe Patrice
National Security Editor for The Guardian; and Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 3:56 am
"It seems to me that it's a matter of due process and ... fairness," Mahan said as he granted an immediate preliminary injunction to the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 9:30 am
"This study says these offices are in crisis," said Gary Peck of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. [read post]
Thanks to this temporary measure, I was able to pursue my dream job at the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 7:32 pm by lawmrh
Conservative lawyer groups like The Federalist Society, for instance, have their own strict constructionist judicial preferences as much if not more so than the preferences espoused by the so-called bleeding hearts at the American Bar Association and the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 7:19 am
But the American Civil Liberties Union, which successfully filed for his stay, says its no longer about what Castillo wants. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 11:00 am by Arianna Morseau
American Civil Liberties Union of Montana Executive Director. [read post]