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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ACLU of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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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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Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana
These cases raise the question of how to determine whether evidence is "testimonial" for purposes of the Confrontation Clause, and thus inadmissible at trial unless the defendant has an opportunity to cross-examine the witness whose "testimony" is being offered by the prosecution. The ACLU brief urges the Court to adopt an objective standard under which a statement would be treated as "testimonial" if a reasonable person under the circumstances would understand that the statement could be used for criminal investigation or prosecution. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
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Women's Rights
Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana
These cases raise the question of how to determine whether evidence is "testimonial" for purposes of the Confrontation Clause, and thus inadmissible at trial unless the defendant has an opportunity to cross-examine the witness whose "testimony" is being offered by the prosecution. The ACLU brief urges the Court to adopt an objective standard under which a statement would be treated as "testimonial" if a reasonable person under the circumstances would understand that the statement could be used for criminal investigation or prosecution. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
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Criminal Law Reform
Samson v. California
This case reviews whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to search a parolee on the public streets without any basis for suspicion. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
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Criminal Law Reform
Samson v. California
This case reviews whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to search a parolee on the public streets without any basis for suspicion. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2005
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Prisoners' Rights
Goodman v. Georgia
Reviewing whether state prisons that discriminate against prisoners with disabilities can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2005
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Prisoners' Rights
Goodman v. Georgia
Reviewing whether state prisons that discriminate against prisoners with disabilities can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2005
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Wilkinson v. Austin
Reviewing the procedures required by due process before an Ohio prisoner can be transferred to the state's "Supermax" facility. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2005
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Wilkinson v. Austin
Reviewing the procedures required by due process before an Ohio prisoner can be transferred to the state's "Supermax" facility. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2005
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Women's Rights
Jackson v. City of Birmingham
Reviewing whether whistleblowers are protected against retaliation under Title IX, which generally prohibits sex discrimination in schools. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2005
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Women's Rights
Jackson v. City of Birmingham
Reviewing whether whistleblowers are protected against retaliation under Title IX, which generally prohibits sex discrimination in schools. DECIDED