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U.S. Death Penalty What Does $10,000 Buy in Alabama? Less-than-Truthful Testimony Used to Sentence Someone to Death By Anna Arceneaux, Staff Attorney, ACLU Capital Punishment Project & Sarah Solon, Communications Strategist, ACLU at 11:22am ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A trial is supposed to be a search for the truth. That can never be more important than in a […]

Government Oversight What the Government Says When It Says Nothing By Bennett Stein, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 1:36pm        On May 8, the ACLU released a slew of government documents obtained from the FBI, U.S. Attorneys’ offices around the country, and the Justice Department’s Criminal Division concerning the government’s access to the contents […]

U.S. Death Penalty Kill, Kill, and Kill Again: Rushing to Execution Heightens Risks of Fatal Error in Florida                   By Tanya Greene, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU at 12:20pm __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Florida will start this long, hot summer with a bang. The state has announced that in the coming months it intends to strap three separate […]

You Need A Warrant To Read My Emails New documents from the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ offices paint a troubling picture of the government’s email surveillance practices. The FBI claims it can read your emails and texts without a warrant—even after a federal appeals court ruled that doing so violates the Fourth Amendment. The FBI […]

Florida businesses fight against human trafficking   Sex Slavery ______________________________________________________________________________ Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:43 pm | Updated: 8:54 pm, Tue May 7, 2013                                     Todd Douglas | WTXL ABC 27 _______________________________________________________________________________ TALLAHASSEE, Fla (WTXL)– Researchers say more than 20 million men, women and children are held captive around the world from human trafficking. It’s a growing problem in Florida […]

Don’t make Florida’s broken death penalty system even more unjust A bill before governor Scott will limit people’s ability to challenge a death sentence in our already broken death penalty system. With our state’s shameful history of wrongful convictions, we need to take action now to stop it. TAKE ACTION Dear ACLU Supporter, With more […]

Posted: Mon 12:36 PM, May 06, 2013 | WCTV.Tv Reporter: Associated Press Email Casey Anthony Judge: ‘There Was Enough Evidence To Convict’ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Associated Press Release ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony says he believes there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was acquitted […]

ACLU Nationwide In the face of the evidence of innocence discovered since the trial, the Supreme Court of Mississippi failed to uphold its duty to serve justice. The Court decided that it would not stop Manning’s execution to allow new DNA testing. Now, only a decision by Governor Bryant is likely to permit this critical […]

This Week in Civil Liberties This Week in Civil Liberties (05/03/2013) By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 4:30pm _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Which city’s police department has taken it upon itself to determine who does and does not belong on the property of commercial businesses? A Tulsa police officer was suspended for refusing to protect and serve which religious […]

‘Astronomical costs’: Gitmo consumes $900,000 per prisoner annually Published time: May 04, 2013 09:47 | RT.Com Edited time: May 05, 2013 17:02 Reuters / Bob Strong Share on Tumbl Trends Gitmo hunger strike Maintenance of Guantanamo has been revealed to cost over $150 million each year, with immediate estimates citing it one of the most […]