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ACLU & ACLJ Sue Holmes County After Government Unlawfully Takes Resident's Property |
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BONIFAY, Fla. ? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) served a complaint yesterday against Holmes County on behalf of their client Daniel Stone, alleging that county officials abused their power by destroying and taking part of Stone's property in an act of retribution. The lawsuit was filed in state circuit court. |
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House Subcommittee Considers Bill To End ?Life Without Parole? For Children |
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WASHINGTON ? A key House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing today on a bill to help end the practice of sentencing children to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This legislation, known as H.R. 2289, the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009, would deny funding to states that refuse to offer a parole option to juvenile offenders and authorizes state grants to improve legal representation for youths charged with life sentences. The hearing was conducted by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. |
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Over 75 Groups And Law Professors Push Congress To Eliminate 100-To-1 Crack Sentencing Disparity |
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WASHINGTON ? The American Civil Liberties Union in partnership with over 75 organizations and law professors urged Congress today to completely eliminate the discriminatory sentencing disparity between offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. The written statement by the crack disparity coalition was submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee?s Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, for today?s hearing entitled ?Restoring Fairness to Federal Sentencing: Addressing the Crack-Powder Disparity.? The coalition statement echoed the testimony from the Department of Justice in calling for congressional action to eliminate the crack disparity this year. |
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Civil Liberties, Civil Rights And Religious Advocates Lobby Congress To Fix Crack Law On April 28 |
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WASHINGTON ? Advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights and religious organizations walked the halls of Congress today to push a bill that would eliminate the unjust and discriminatory 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences under federal law. The goal of the April 28 ?Crack the Disparity Lobby Day? was to urge lawmakers to co-sponsor and support H.R. 265, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009 introduced by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), which would equalize crack and cocaine sentencing statutes. |
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Justice Department Finds DNA Collection From Arrestees Overloads Backlog In Crime Labs |
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WASHINGTON ? In response to this month?s audit from the Justice Department?s Inspector General (IG) finding that excessive DNA collection laws exacerbate delays in DNA analysis, the American Civil Liberties Union reiterates its view that federal and state laws seeking to collect DNA samples from people not yet convicted of a crime are unconstitutional and problematic. |
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NAACP stresses voting right at annual banquet |
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Geraldine M. Jones, of Brownsville, reminded those at the 48th annual Mon Valley Chapter NAACP Human Rights Banquet that they must exercise their right to vote at every opportunity.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/s_589496.html
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NAACP Leader Kicks-Off Tenure Registering Every Last Voter |
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While unprecedented numbers of African Americans and young people are expected to register in this year’s election, Jealous’ aspirations are higher. “The NAACP has had a history of transforming this country and in that tradition, we will transform the electoral process. We can do it by registering every last voter, verifying every last voter, mobilizing every last voter, protecting every last voter and ensuring that every last vote is counted,” said Jealous.
http://www.naacp.org/news/press/2008-09-16/index.htm
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NAACP leader seeks FBI inquiry of arson |
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Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said last month's arson at the home of Saundra Ballard, a black woman, and her family, is a hate crime that should be investigated by the FBI.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/07/ddn090708arson.html
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School choice options could temper rezoning debate |
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Marilyn Robinson, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said Friday that the transportation options defined by the plan mean the increased options will do little to ameliorate her own concerns.
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=62801
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EEOC Sues Manager Of Forum Shops At Caesars Palace For National Origin Bias |
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Simon Property Group, Inc., a nationwide commercial property management company, violated federal law by subjecting Hispanic employees to national origin discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit filed today. Simon Property Group owns and/or manages various shopping malls throughout the country, including the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where the EEOC said the discriminatory acts took place.
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EEOC Sues Kmart For Age Harassment, Retaliation |
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Kmart Corporation, which operates several stores in Hawaii, violated federal law by subjecting a 73-year-old female pharmacist to age harassment, retaliation and forcing her out of her job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today
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Plastic Molding Companies Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment |
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A St. Louis-based plastic injection molding company violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees at its Sherman, Miss., plant to a sexually hostile work environment and forcing several of them to quit their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit filed today.
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Lakemont Homes Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation |
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Lakemont Homes Inc., a major real estate development, construction, and management group in California and Nevada, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and retaliation for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
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