News & Commentary
Jul 18, 2013
Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman and implicit bias
As the mother of an African-American boy, the tragic, unnecessary death of Trayvon Martin and the trial and subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman have me heartbroken and filled with unanswerable questions.
By Marcus Benigno
Dec 10, 2012
The incomplete story told by California’s declining juvenile arrest rates
By Will Matthews, ACLU of Northern California & Rebecca McCray, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project
A recent study from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) demonstrates that decriminalization of marijuana can actually improve our children’s futures while saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 05, 2012
Duncan Roy: Director Trapped in Men's Central Jail
LA WEEKLY: Director Duncan Roy casts a courtly image of a baronial figure as he sits in his home atop Las Flores Canyon, a modernist, Bohemian hideaway with a jaw-dropping view of the Pacific. His surroundings project an image of California's creative lifestyle at its most alluring. But in February, Roy found himself standing alone outside Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, released after three months of harrowing and wrongful incarceration.
By ACLU of Southern California
Mar 20, 2012
Federal Court Rules Inmates Have Right to Hearings in Person
By ACLU of Southern California
Mar 16, 2012
Federal Court Upholds Veteran Homelessness Claims Against VA
By ACLU of Southern California
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