January 21, 2024... “Stops are increasing, the number of police killings are increasing, the racial disparity in who is being stopped is increasing,” said Samah Sisay, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional...
July 16, 2018Guantánamo: there have to be limits, detainees must be released [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last Wednesday, we argued before a federal judge in Washington D.C. to challenge Donald Trump's...
January 10, 2013, New York –In response to Governor Cuomo’s proposal in his State of the State address to reform the state’s marijuana laws, Center for Constitutional Rights...
Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Monitor’s Report September 1, 2021, New York– In response to a report just filed by Peter Zimroth, the court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk case...
June 2013This week presents a pivotal moment for the New York City Council to do their share in the citywide movement to end the massive violation of rights resulting from the abuse of policing practices like...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will speak on a panel at the Criminal Justice in the 21st Century conference for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Brennan Center for...
Updated: December 3, 2013
On July 26, 2012, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released, "Stop and Frisk The Human Impact: The Stories Behind the Numbers, the Effects on our Communities," a report documenting the...
Updated: November 2, 2017
Federal Court Monitor Details Ongoing Constitutional Violations and Failure of Supervision; Center for Constitutional Rights Responds October 28, 2020, New York – In response to the release, today,...
August 31, 2011, New York, NY – Today a federal judge rejected an effort by the City of New York to thwart a lawsuit filed by The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) that challenges the NYPD...
OFFICE OF THE WISCONSIN STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER 2009 ANNUAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE CONFERENCE JUSTICE FOR ALL? RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM September 24 & 25, 2009...
Updated: September 1, 2009
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