Mikaila Hernández is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on defending the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants taking sanctuary, challenging...
CJ Sandley is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where they focus on anti-carceral and racial injustice litigation. They are based in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining...
October 26, 2022...She reentered the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections in October of that year, department records show. Despite her landmark legal case against Georgia prison officials, she faced the...
Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...
Lawmaker-corporate lobbyist deliberations and drafting of laws violate state’s Open Meeting Law, groups say November 15, 2022, Phoenix, AZ – Today, a coalition of grassroots organizations and legal...
Charles Watts, sentenced under obsolete version of “stacking” law, wins motion in federal court January 4, 2023, New York – Today, a 52-year-old Black man sentenced to 92 years in prison for...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit, Diamond v. Ward , filed on behalf of Ashley Diamond, proceeds to trial on January 19, 2023 before Chief Judge Marc T...
Updated: January 18, 2023
Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care January 19, 2023, Macon, GA – In response to Ms. Diamond’s...
In 2021, the Northwestern University Law Review published "Redeeming Justice," authored by Professor Rachel Lopez (Drexel Kline Law), Terrell Carter, and Ghani Songster. Drawing from human...
Updated: February 10, 2023
The symposium—taking place on Saturday, March 4, at UCLA Law—will explore the intersection of the international human rights framework with the domestic legal, political, and social...
Updated: February 27, 2023
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