July 2010New York City’s police force, in its fight against crime, has increasingly used a strategy known as “stop, question and frisk,” which allows officers to stop someone based on a...
CCR Social Justice Institute fellow Chauniqua Young will take part in an important forum between family members of folks murdered by the NYPD, community organizers and advocates. Save the date! More...
Updated: March 13, 2014
More than a year ago the Supreme Court ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights case Rasul v. Bush that the Guantanamo detainees have a right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. courts...
October 2014" NEW YORK -- Lawmakers and advocates rejoiced Friday after a federal appeals court
Conversations with Lawyers December Events "The Supreme Court and Public Opinion" with Barry Friedman, Esq. Barry Friedman is a Vice Dean and the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law at New...
Updated: November 20, 2009
February 2009Isolation and harsh conditions at Guantanamo Bay have driven a Syrian prisoner to attempt suicide, repeatedly bang his head against the wall and show other signs of "mental deterioration,"...
The Perceived Tension Between Liberty and Security Don't know what the writ of habeas corpus is? Habeas corpus prevents the indefinite detainment of a prisoner without being charged or brought before...
Updated: May 21, 2008
February 2007As the NYC council and criminal justice advocates examine the NYPD's stop-and-frisk statistics report, experts insist that the department still hasn't fulfilled its reporting requirements.
February 2015"W hen freeing 2,000 minks from a mink farm, and painting “Liberation is love” on a barn are considered forms of terrorism, one has to stop and wonder what is going on.
September 1, 2015After decades of holding thousands of inmates in concrete, sometimes windowless isolation cells, where some stayed for 20 years or more, California prison officials are about to drastically reduce...
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