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Jan 20, 2023

To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in Riverside County.
The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in Riverside County.
The California State Capitol building.
The California State Capitol building.
Jan 18, 2023

The Intertwined Future of Attacks on Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care

We’re poised to fight back against state legislative efforts to control our bodies and limit access to essential health care.
We’re poised to fight back against state legislative efforts to control our bodies and limit access to essential health care.
New members of Congress being sworn in at the US Capitol on Saturday, January 07, 2023.
New members of Congress being sworn in at the US Capitol on Saturday, January 07, 2023.
Jan 11, 2023

The Best Decision: How Abortion Changed These Lives for the Better

Years later, 16 people reflect on how their abortions allowed them to continue their education, build a career, and lay a stronger foundation for becoming a parent at a later time of their choosing.
Years later, 16 people reflect on how their abortions allowed them to continue their education, build a career, and lay a stronger foundation for becoming a parent at a later time of their choosing.
Abortion rights activists are seen through a hole in an American flag as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Abortion rights activists are seen through a hole in an American flag as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Jan 11, 2023

ACLU of Hawai‘i Supports Cannabis Legislation

ACLU of Hawaiʻi Statement on Cannabis Reform Bill
ACLU of Hawaiʻi Statement on Cannabis Reform Bill
Media Advisory Cannabis Legalization SM Post 1-10-23
Media Advisory Cannabis Legalization SM Post 1-10-23
Dec 16, 2022

It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots

Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Dec 14, 2022

From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency is a Tool For Justice

Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.
Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.
Demonstrators, holding a sign reading "STOP THE DEATH PENALTY", stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta.
Demonstrators, holding a sign reading "STOP THE DEATH PENALTY", stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta.