by Press | Nov 12, 2020 | Press Releases
New York City Police officers’ misconduct records should be released immediately, argues a brief filed last week by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Law for Black Lives. ...
by Press | Oct 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The public deserves to know the names of officers involved in violence against civilians and to watch camera footage from those events, argues the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in an amicus brief filed Monday in the D.C. Superior...
by Press | Apr 23, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON (April 23, 2020) – Following a district court’s decision to halt enforcement of Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order, GA-13—an order prohibiting the release of certain individuals from jail on personal bond—the Texas Supreme Court today...
by Press | Apr 20, 2020 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, finding that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a unanimous verdict applies to the states through the Fourteenth...
