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Rights of Protesters

‘Clearly unconstitutional’: KCPD told arrested protesters not to return, lawsuit says

Theresa Taylor was protesting on police brutality and racial injustice when she was unlawfully charged and given an order prohibiting her from the area and future protests. With the ACLU of Missouri, we’re suing the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners for violating her fundamental rights to protest and travel.

The Kansas City Star

Voting Rights

Voting rights group asks Supreme Court to let late mail ballots in Wisconsin count

Along with Protect Democracy, we filed an emergency application before the Supreme Court to ensure mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day are counted in WI. Until a SCOTUS decision, all Wisconsinites voting absentee should submit their ballot as soon as possible.

NBC

Wrongful Convictions

Wrongful Conviction Project launched in St. Louis – Midwest Innocence Project partners with MacArthur Justice Center

Michael Politte was only 14 years old when he was wrongfully charged with murdering his own mother. We joined forces with the Midwest Innocence Project to fight to free Missouri’s innocent, like Mike, behind bars.

St. Louis American

Solitary Confinement

Former IDOC inmate Anthony Gay talks solitary confinement at NPEP Transforming Criminal Justice roundtable

“We’ve created this alternative society that exists out of sight and out of mind with minimal oversight,” explains MJC’s Daniel Greenfield on mass incarceration and solitary confinement. It’s time to stop solitary.

Daily Northwestern

Health and Safety

When COVID Came to Cook County Jail

COVID-19 is still a threat and detainee lives remain at risk. Protections for detainees were hard fought for by attorneys, advocates, and community members. If we don’t focus on how we got here, we run the risk of repeating the past.

Chicago Magazine

Enforcing Police and Prosecutorial Accountability

When Can A Juror Say Black Lives Matter?

Striking jurors based on support for Black Lives Matter is the latest dog-whistle tactic prosecutors are trained to use to deprive Black people of their right to serve on juries. This isn’t prosecutorial discretion; it’s jury discrimination. We aim to tackle this wherever it’s being deployed.

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