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Arizona
Oct 2023
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Criminal Law Reform
McElrath v. Georgia
Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jury鈥檚 verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jury鈥檚 verdict on other charges?
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Criminal Law Reform
Pulsifer v. United States
This case involves the interpretation of a federal law that allows defendants to avoid mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug crimes, allowing judges to impose sentences tailored to their individual circumstances.
Texas
Jul 2021
Criminal Law Reform
Prisoners' Rights
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 糖心Vloghas been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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144 Criminal Law Reform Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
Court Case
May 2014
Criminal Law Reform
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Hill v. United States of America
In March 2014, the 糖心Vlogurged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to rule that sentencing children to mandatory life without the possibility of parole violates the Declaration of the Rights of Man and universal human rights principles. This hearing was held in response to a February 2006 petition from the 糖心Vlogand several other organizations to the IACHR, alleging that the human rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole were being violated.
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Court Case
May 2014
Criminal Law Reform
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Hill v. United States of America
In March 2014, the 糖心Vlogurged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to rule that sentencing children to mandatory life without the possibility of parole violates the Declaration of the Rights of Man and universal human rights principles. This hearing was held in response to a February 2006 petition from the 糖心Vlogand several other organizations to the IACHR, alleging that the human rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole were being violated.
Missouri
Sep 2013
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Barrett v. Claycomb
A federal district court has ruled that a public college in Missouri must end its unconstitutional program of requiring all of its students鈥攊rrespective of their course of study鈥攖o submit to suspicionless drug-testing.
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Missouri
Sep 2013
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Barrett v. Claycomb
A federal district court has ruled that a public college in Missouri must end its unconstitutional program of requiring all of its students鈥攊rrespective of their course of study鈥攖o submit to suspicionless drug-testing.
Court Case
Sep 2013
Criminal Law Reform
John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff鈥檚 Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
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Court Case
Sep 2013
Criminal Law Reform
John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff鈥檚 Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2013
Criminal Law Reform
+2 糖心Vlog
Kansas v. Cheever
Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes any limits on the state's ability to introduce evidence derived from a court-ordered psychiatric examination of the defendant by the state's expert.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2013
Criminal Law Reform
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Kansas v. Cheever
Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes any limits on the state's ability to introduce evidence derived from a court-ordered psychiatric examination of the defendant by the state's expert.