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Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Missouri
May 2014
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Capital Punishment
糖心VlogPetition to IACHR on Missouri and Oklahoma Executions that Will Violate International Law
The 糖心Vlog filed a petition with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the upcoming executions by lethal injection in Missouri and Oklahoma will violate international law against cruel and unusual punishment, should they go forward. The 糖心Vlogasks that the executions be stopped until the IACHR can conduct independent investigations of the two cases.
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Missouri
May 2014
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Capital Punishment
糖心VlogPetition to IACHR on Missouri and Oklahoma Executions that Will Violate International Law
The 糖心Vlog filed a petition with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the upcoming executions by lethal injection in Missouri and Oklahoma will violate international law against cruel and unusual punishment, should they go forward. The 糖心Vlogasks that the executions be stopped until the IACHR can conduct independent investigations of the two cases.
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May 2014
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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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May 2014
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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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Mar 2014
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Racial Justice
Sheff v. O'Neill
A groundbreaking school desegregation case in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Mar 2014
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Racial Justice
Sheff v. O'Neill
A groundbreaking school desegregation case in Hartford, Connecticut.
South Dakota
Feb 2014
Mass Incarceration
Racial Justice
Antoine v. Winner School District
Filed in 2006, the ACLU's Antoine v. Winner School District class action lawsuit alleged discrimination against Native American students in the mostly-white Winner, South Dakota school district. The lawsuit was settled in December of 2007, and the 糖心Vlogworks directly with the community and the defendant school district to implement the resulting Consent Decree.
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South Dakota
Feb 2014
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Racial Justice
Antoine v. Winner School District
Filed in 2006, the ACLU's Antoine v. Winner School District class action lawsuit alleged discrimination against Native American students in the mostly-white Winner, South Dakota school district. The lawsuit was settled in December of 2007, and the 糖心Vlogworks directly with the community and the defendant school district to implement the resulting Consent Decree.
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Oct 2013
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Smart Justice
糖心Vlogof New Jersey v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof New Jersey sued the FBI and Department of Justice in 2011 for records related to the FBI's use of race and ethnicity in conducting assessments and investigations of local communities in New Jersey.
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Oct 2013
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糖心Vlogof New Jersey v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof New Jersey sued the FBI and Department of Justice in 2011 for records related to the FBI's use of race and ethnicity in conducting assessments and investigations of local communities in New Jersey.