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Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Racial Justice
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Racial Justice
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED
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Immigrants' Rights
Cases Challenging Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
The ACLU is challenging the incarceration of immigrants in detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods of time while they fight their immigration cases.
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Immigrants' Rights
Cases Challenging Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
The ACLU is challenging the incarceration of immigrants in detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods of time while they fight their immigration cases.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2007
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Virginia v. Moore
Whether the Fourth Amendment bars the government from relying on evidence seized following an arrest that state law prohibits. DECIDED
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Dec 2007
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Virginia v. Moore
Whether the Fourth Amendment bars the government from relying on evidence seized following an arrest that state law prohibits. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2007
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Kimbrough v. United States
Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
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Dec 2007
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Kimbrough v. United States
Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED