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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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Mar 2017
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Dockery v. Hall
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Hill v. United States of America
In March 2014, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to rule that sentencing children to mandatory life without the possibility of parole violates the Declaration of the Rights of Man and universal human rights principles. This hearing was held in response to a February 2006 petition from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and several other organizations to the IACHR, alleging that the human rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole were being violated.
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May 2014
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Hill v. United States of America
In March 2014, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to rule that sentencing children to mandatory life without the possibility of parole violates the Declaration of the Rights of Man and universal human rights principles. This hearing was held in response to a February 2006 petition from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and several other organizations to the IACHR, alleging that the human rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole were being violated.
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Mar 2014
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Sheff v. O'Neill
A groundbreaking school desegregation case in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Mar 2014
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Sheff v. O'Neill
A groundbreaking school desegregation case in Hartford, Connecticut.
South Dakota
Feb 2014
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Antoine v. Winner School District
Filed in 2006, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Antoine v. Winner School District class action lawsuit alleged discrimination against Native American students in the mostly-white Winner, South Dakota school district. The lawsuit was settled in December of 2007, and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ works directly with the community and the defendant school district to implement the resulting Consent Decree.
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South Dakota
Feb 2014
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Antoine v. Winner School District
Filed in 2006, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Antoine v. Winner School District class action lawsuit alleged discrimination against Native American students in the mostly-white Winner, South Dakota school district. The lawsuit was settled in December of 2007, and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ works directly with the community and the defendant school district to implement the resulting Consent Decree.
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Oct 2013
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey sued the FBI and Department of Justice in 2011 for records related to the FBI's use of race and ethnicity in conducting assessments and investigations of local communities in New Jersey.
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Oct 2013
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey sued the FBI and Department of Justice in 2011 for records related to the FBI's use of race and ethnicity in conducting assessments and investigations of local communities in New Jersey.
Alabama
Sep 2013
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Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.
A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) can no longer discriminate against prisoners living with HIV by housing them separately from all other prisoners and categorically denying them equal access to prison rehabilitative programs, according to a landmark decision in a lawsuit filed by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ National Prison Project, the AIDS Project, and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Alabama. This ruling paves the way for prisoners living with HIV to have access to needed and appropriate services, and to the classes and training available to other prisoners.
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Alabama
Sep 2013
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Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.
A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) can no longer discriminate against prisoners living with HIV by housing them separately from all other prisoners and categorically denying them equal access to prison rehabilitative programs, according to a landmark decision in a lawsuit filed by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ National Prison Project, the AIDS Project, and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Alabama. This ruling paves the way for prisoners living with HIV to have access to needed and appropriate services, and to the classes and training available to other prisoners.