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CCR Statement on Scheduled Troy Davis Execution

September 15, 2011

Read the complete letter. CCR writes to ask you to prevent the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Capital punishment, as it is applied in the United States, is expensive, racist, arbitrary, fallible...

Clergy Sex Victims File International Criminal Court Complaint Case Charges Vatican Officials with ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

September 13, 2011

September 13, 2011 – A survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims today formally urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate the Vatican for crimes...

Court Allows Challenge to Louisiana’s Discriminatory and Archaic “Crime Against Nature by Solicitation” Law to Proceed

September 8, 2011

September 8, 2011, New York – Plaintiffs challenging the discriminatory requirement that they must register as sex offenders because of a Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) conviction...

CCR Appeals Warrantless Wiretapping Ruling

August 30, 2011

August 30, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the first brief was filed in the appeal in CCR v. Obama, a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) against the...

CCR Says NYC Must Act Immediately to Protect Prisoners at Rikers Island from Hurricane Irene

August 27, 2011

August 27, 2011, New York – Today, in response to news not only that Mayor Bloomberg announced the City of New York does not plan to evacuate the 12,000 prisoners at Rikers Island in advance of...

CCR and NLG Release Newly Expanded and Updated Edition of Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook and Launch New Website

August 18, 2011

New York, August 11 – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights, in partnership with the National Lawyers Guild, launched an interactive website to supplement the release of the Fifth Edition...

Groups Ask Court to Remove Individuals Convicted of Crime Against Nature by Solicitation from Sex Offender Registry

August 10, 2011

August 10, 2011, New Orleans – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), police misconduct attorney Andrea J. Ritchie, Esq., the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Law...

CCR Joins Amicus in Case Challenging DNA Sampling of Arrestees

July 26, 2011

July 26, 2011, New York – Yesterday, CCR joined with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other civil liberties groups to file a brief of amicus curiae in the case, United States v...

The Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Prisoners of Pelican Bay SHU

July 19, 2011

July 19, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement today support of the hunger strikers at the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit: "The Center for...

New Documents Reveal Behind-the-Scenes FBI Role in Controversial Secure Communities Deportation Program

July 6, 2011

July 6, 2011, New York and Washington – Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), the Center for...

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CCR Statement on Scheduled Troy Davis Execution

Clergy Sex Victims File International Criminal Court Complaint Case Charges Vatican Officials with ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

Court Allows Challenge to Louisiana’s Discriminatory and Archaic “Crime Against Nature by Solicitation” Law to Proceed

CCR Appeals Warrantless Wiretapping Ruling

CCR Says NYC Must Act Immediately to Protect Prisoners at Rikers Island from Hurricane Irene

CCR and NLG Release Newly Expanded and Updated Edition of Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook and Launch New Website

Groups Ask Court to Remove Individuals Convicted of Crime Against Nature by Solicitation from Sex Offender Registry

CCR Joins Amicus in Case Challenging DNA Sampling of Arrestees

The Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Prisoners of Pelican Bay SHU

New Documents Reveal Behind-the-Scenes FBI Role in Controversial Secure Communities Deportation Program

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