August 24, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the statement below in response to the rumored announcement of the appointment of a special prosecutor...
CCR is a proud community sponsor of Sanctuary presented by The Dream Unfinished on Friday July 27, 2018 at 7pm. Sanctuary is a festival of music celebrating artists who identify as immigrants or...
Updated: July 25, 2018
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Witness Against Torture , and the Tea Project for a night of tea, art, poetry, music, and words by artists, activists, and leaders in the movements to end...
Updated: January 3, 2017
Fifth Circuit Ruling Confirms State Must Stop Making People Convicted Under Law Register as Sex Offenders April 11, 2023, New Orleans – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
by Peter Weiss, Vice President for the Center for Constitutional Rights "Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.” The words are those of...
Updated: January 6, 2012
June 13, 2017Counting the days takes on a whole new meaning when you’re 22 years into a 25-year federal drug sentence. I was biding my time in a federal prison in Arkansas in 2013, when I was abruptly yanked from...
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights and Public Justice at a special showing of "Battle in Seattle" at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 25th at the Angelika Film Center ,...
Updated: September 19, 2008
On April 12, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed petitions on behalf of clients who were sentenced to Death By Incarceration by non-unanimous juries in Louisiana, where they remain in...
Updated: March 7, 2023
The Media Associate will provide support for various aspects of the Communications Department and its department director’s work, including the weekly e-newsletter, press lists, and day-to-day...
Updated: May 28, 2026
On February 27, 2006, The first violation of the McCain torture amendment was alleged in federal court in an emergency injunction to end further torture of Guantánamo detainees. The court made public...
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