...And this wouldn't be as polarizing as one might think. Four states — Maine , New York , Vermont and Massachusetts — along with Washington, DC , have already proposed decriminalization legislation...
Victory! Migrant Justice settles federal lawsuit on ICE retaliation [caption align="right"] [/caption] In a settlement to a major federal lawsuit, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has agreed...
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Facilitator issues final report on Joint Remedial Process stop-and-frisk reforms Last week, the facilitator in the Joint Remedial Process (JRP) to reform the New York City Police Department's (NYPD)...
"As Democratic lawmakers lined up on Tuesday to denounce the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over a damning Senate report on the agency’s torture program, President Obama offered a more nuanced...
...Human rights groups welcomed Thursday's ruling. "Too many ICC states have cooperated with the U.S. to set up the global torture programme, we now call on these same states to cooperate with the...
... Every effort to hold our war criminals accountable has been rebuffed by Congress, by the courts, by the media and by the two ruling political parties. The Center for Constitutional Rights,...
CCR has a long history of challenging overbroad and warrantless government surveillance, something that has ballooned since 9/11. Last week, we filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to grant...
... Katherine Gallagher, s enior s taff a ttorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and ICC V ictims L egal R epresentative, also welcomed the decision because it provides hope that justice is...
An Owings Mills High School graduate who helped al-Qaida carry out a deadly hotel bombing in Indonesia endured years of torture by the CIA, including being waterboarded in an ice bath, his lawyers...
