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Court Rules State Violating Due Process Rights of Defendants with Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities

March 26, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

A judge ruled that California is violating the due-process rights of defendants who have been declared incompetent to stand trial by letting them languish for months in jail. State agencies must now reduce transfer delays.Read more »

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ACLU Sues St. Joseph Health for Discrimination Against Transgender Patient

March 21, 2019

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LGBT Equality, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

EUREKA — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP today filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph Health Northern California for denying care to a transgender... Read more »

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Facebook Agrees to Sweeping Reforms to Curb Discriminatory Ad Targeting Practices

March 19, 2019

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Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity, Technology and Civil Liberties

NEW YORK — A historic civil rights settlement was announced with Facebook today following a variety of anti-discrimination legal actions. The settlement encompasses sweeping changes that the tech giant will make to its paid advertising platform to... Read more »

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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

March 19, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

SACRAMENTO–One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, the ACLU of California is launching an advertising buy in support of legislation to reduce the number of police shootings in the state.Read more »

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Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database to Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement

March 13, 2019

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Immigrants' Rights, Technology and Civil Liberties

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California today released records revealing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gained access to an expansive surveillance database to target immigrants. The... Read more »

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ACLU Commends California Governor Newsom’s Plan to Place Moratorium on Executions

March 13, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

California Governor Gavin Newsom announces a moratorium on executions in the state of California.Read more »

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ACLU Foundation of Northern California Sues School District for Censoring Students’ LGBTQ Quotes in Yearbook

March 6, 2019

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Education Equity, LGBT Equality

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a lawsuit against Chawanakee Unified School District and Minarets High School administrators on behalf of two students for censoring the students’ speech celebrating their LGBTQ identities.Read more »

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ACLU Statement in Response to California AG’s Independent Investigation into the Death of Stephon Clark

March 5, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

Today, California Attorney General Becerra announced that the state Department of Justice would not bring criminal charges against the police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark, who was unarmed at the time, in his grandmother’s backyard on... Read more »

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Stephon Clark should still be alive today

ACLU Statement on Sacramento DA Decision in Stephon Clark Shooting

March 1, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

Today, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced that her office will not press charges against the officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18, 2018.Read more »

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ACLU of Northern California Statement on Decision Not to Charge Deputies in Chinedu Okobi Case

March 1, 2019

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

The decision by the district attorney not to prosecute doesn’t erase the fact that racial profiling and unnecessary force led to Okobi’s death.Read more »

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Court Rules State Violating Due Process Rights of Defendants with Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities

ACLU Sues St. Joseph Health for Discrimination Against Transgender Patient

Facebook Agrees to Sweeping Reforms to Curb Discriminatory Ad Targeting Practices

ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database to Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement

ACLU Commends California Governor Newsom’s Plan to Place Moratorium on Executions

ACLU Foundation of Northern California Sues School District for Censoring Students’ LGBTQ Quotes in Yearbook

ACLU Statement in Response to California AG’s Independent Investigation into the Death of Stephon Clark

ACLU Statement on Sacramento DA Decision in Stephon Clark Shooting

ACLU of Northern California Statement on Decision Not to Charge Deputies in Chinedu Okobi Case

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