Derek Lee argues the sentence for felony murder is unconstitutionally disproportionate and cruel Oct 8, 2024, Pittsburgh – The application of the felony murder rule, which holds liable for murder a...
Inhumane conditions, inadequate medical care, due process violations, and retaliation rampant at the facility September 16, 2024, Albuquerque, New Mexico — Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, the...
August 9, 2024, New York – Today, on the 10th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown that sparked the Ferguson uprising, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Returnees Abused in Both Countries; U.S. Breached Asylum Confidentiality July 18, 2024, Washington, D.C. – The United States government has, since May 2024, approved the return of 27 Cameroonian...
July 10, 2024, Buffalo, NY – Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights , Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York , New York Civil Liberties Union , the Center for Constitutional Rights , and Justice...
July 1, 2024, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling today that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken as part of their “core constitutional duties...
On International Workers’ Day, suit challenges constitutionality of government actions to punish resistance to forced labor among majority-Black prison population May 1, 2024, Montgomery, AL – On...
Support comes from victims, corrections officials, prosecutors, and Governor Shapiro April 29, 2024, Harrisburg, PA – A 36-year-old Black man serving life without parole (LWOP) for felony murder is...
Case could have national implications for movement against death by incarceration February 16, 2023, Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark case brought by a...
February 6, 2024, New York and Birmingham, Alabama – In support of the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and incarcerated people in Alabama’s mass prison strike today, the Center for Constitutional Rights...