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ACLU/SC Expands Effort to Oppose Death Penalty, Hires Full-Time Organizer

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has hired the first Southern California-based professional organizer in at least a decade to be devoted solely to death penalty issues in California.

February 11, 2010

A Personal Message from Ramona Ripston on Redistricting

I usually prefer to contact our members and friends in a more personal way, like a phone call or letter. But there is a real urgency in the message I have to send today - a message I hope you will act upon as soon as possible.

January 29, 2010

Hundreds to Testify In First-Ever Public Hearing On California's Death Penalty

SACRAMENTO—Today Californians will weigh in on the state’s broken death penalty system in the first-ever public hearing on capital punishment methods in the state.

June 30, 2009

Federal Judge Orders FBI to Provide Full Muslim Surveillance Records

April 20, 2009

California Still the Highest Spender on the Death Penalty; New Mexico Abolishes

SAN FRANCISCO'New Mexico will become the 15th state in the U.S. to replace the death penalty with the effective alternative of permanent imprisonment.

March 19, 2009

"And still we let it continue."

There are situations, Guantanamo comes to mind as an example, where even though you know it is bad, it is shocking when you find out just how bad.

July 2, 2008