by Press | Jan 17, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, following the announcement that President Biden commuted the sentences of people impacted by crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparities, Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
by Press | Jan 16, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amici brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a diverse group of civil rights and nonprofit organizations defending the constitutionality of the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, a $4 billion...
by Press | Jan 6, 2025 | Press Releases
On January 6, 2026, it will be five years since insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Since that day, many have wondered what true accountability could look like for...
by Press | Jan 6, 2025 | Press Releases
Washington, DC — In 2021, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of U.S. Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol during the insurrection on January 6th of that year. The ongoing lawsuit...
by Press | Dec 23, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued this statement in response to the announcement that President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 individuals on the federal death row....
