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Arizona
Oct 2023
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Criminal Law Reform
McElrath v. Georgia
Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jury’s verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jury’s verdict on other charges?
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Criminal Law Reform
Pulsifer v. United States
This case involves the interpretation of a federal law that allows defendants to avoid mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug crimes, allowing judges to impose sentences tailored to their individual circumstances.
Texas
Jul 2021
Criminal Law Reform
Prisoners' Rights
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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147 Criminal Law Reform Cases
South Dakota
Mar 2015
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Van Hunnik
Three Indian parents, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe filed a class-action lawsuit to challenge the continued removal of Indian children in Pennington County, South Dakota from their homes based on insufficient evidence and without proper hearings, in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the constitutional right to due process.
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South Dakota
Mar 2015
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Van Hunnik
Three Indian parents, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe filed a class-action lawsuit to challenge the continued removal of Indian children in Pennington County, South Dakota from their homes based on insufficient evidence and without proper hearings, in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the constitutional right to due process.
Michigan
Feb 2015
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Casias v. Wal-Mart
For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.
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Michigan
Feb 2015
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Casias v. Wal-Mart
For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Riley v. California
Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of a cell phone seized from a suspect incident to arrest.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Riley v. California
Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of a cell phone seized from a suspect incident to arrest.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer’s mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer’s mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
Court Case
May 2014
Criminal Law Reform
+2 Issues
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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Court Case
May 2014
Criminal Law Reform
+2 Issues
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.