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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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Mississippi
Mar 2017
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Prisoners' Rights
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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Indiana
Jun 2010
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Prisoners' Rights
Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Indiana today filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana challenging the confinement of an American citizen in a Communication Management Unit (CMU) -- secretly created housing units inside federal prisons in which prisoners are condemned to live in stark isolation from the outside world.
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Indiana
Jun 2010
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Prisoners' Rights
Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Indiana today filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana challenging the confinement of an American citizen in a Communication Management Unit (CMU) -- secretly created housing units inside federal prisons in which prisoners are condemned to live in stark isolation from the outside world.
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May 2010
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Capital Punishment
Luong v. State of Alabama
In a victory in one of the most high-profile cases in Alabama history, a unanimous Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and death sentence and ordered a new trial for ºìÐÓÊÓƵ client Lam Luong, who was convicted of five counts of capital murder.
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May 2010
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Capital Punishment
Luong v. State of Alabama
In a victory in one of the most high-profile cases in Alabama history, a unanimous Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and death sentence and ordered a new trial for ºìÐÓÊÓƵ client Lam Luong, who was convicted of five counts of capital murder.
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May 2010
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Request for Hearing on U.S. Felon Disfranchisement Laws to the IACHR
The felony disfranchisement laws, policies and practices of the United States violate the right to vote free from discrimination under the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights.
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May 2010
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Request for Hearing on U.S. Felon Disfranchisement Laws to the IACHR
The felony disfranchisement laws, policies and practices of the United States violate the right to vote free from discrimination under the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010
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Boyer v. Jeremiah
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010
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Boyer v. Jeremiah
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010
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Hui v. Castaneda
Whether a lawsuit seeking damages for the unconstitutional denial of medical care can be brought against Public Health Service doctors working in immigration detention facilities.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010
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Hui v. Castaneda
Whether a lawsuit seeking damages for the unconstitutional denial of medical care can be brought against Public Health Service doctors working in immigration detention facilities.