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Health and Safety

Missouri Corrections staff required to give Hepatitis-C treatment

Alongside ACLU of Missouri and Wilkinson Walsh LLP, we reached a landmark settlement of the class action lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections and Corizon Health, ensuring that thousands behind bars in Missouri receive lifesaving Hepatitis C treatment and education.

St. Louis American

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.

Law360

Prosecutorial Discretion

New Orleans prosecutor faces $50,000 penalty in records case

Our long-running battle against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro for records relating to the DA’s improper subpoena practices culminated last week, with a ruling that Mr. Cannizzaro must personally pay a fine of over $50,000 for his “arbitrary and capricious” refusal to produce the requested records.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cash Bail

City Council tells criminal court to return more than half-million dollars in bail and conviction fees paid by defendants over last two years

There is still much work left to end money bail and three separate sectors must continue to work together to make lasting social change: the courts, the community, and the city. We will continue our work in the courts.

The Lens

Police Abuse

‘They get a get-out-of-jail-free card’: How qualified immunity protects police and other government officials from civil lawsuits

Qualified Immunity is a rule that cops are above the law & the Constitution. Even when they engage in brutality or murder as we’ve seen time after time, they’re granted immunity from suits trying to hold them accountable. We work to abolish Qualified Immunity.

MarketWatch

Rights of Protesters

Lawsuit alleges Chicago police routinely deny arrestees the ability to call, meet with defense attorneys

We stand with a coalition that included the Public Defender, defense attorneys, community groups, activists and brave young people to sue the City of Chicago’s systemic practice of denying access to counsel and phones for those in police custody—a practice that has only increased in light of COVID-19 and recent protests.

Chicago Tribune

In The News

Missouri Corrections staff required to give Hepatitis-C treatment

When Can A Juror Say Black Lives Matter?

New Orleans prosecutor faces $50,000 penalty in records case

City Council tells criminal court to return more than half-million dollars in bail and conviction fees paid by defendants over last two years

‘They get a get-out-of-jail-free card’: How qualified immunity protects police and other government officials from civil lawsuits

Lawsuit alleges Chicago police routinely deny arrestees the ability to call, meet with defense attorneys

Latest Press Releases

As Lawsuit Over Chicago’s Controversial Gang Database Comes to an End Organizations Turn to City Hall to Stop the Use of All CPD Gang Databases

Missouri Department of Corrections Required to Provide Lifesaving Hepatitis C Treatment to Thousands Behind Bars

Judge rules D.A. Cannizzaro must personally pay $51,450 in penalties for his arbitrary and capricious failure to produce public records related to improper Article 66 subpoenas

MacArthur Justice Center Adds Two U.S. Supreme Court Clerks

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