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Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama v. Bentley
Alabama
Mar 2015

Mass Incarceration

Immigrants' Rights

Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama v. Bentley

The Alabama state legislature passed a draconian anti-immigrant law in June, 2011, the toughest of several state laws modeled after Arizona鈥檚 SB 1070. Like the Arizona law, SB 56 authorized police to ask for proof of citizenship or immigration status during a traffic stop based on 鈥渞easonable suspicion鈥 that the person was an undocumented immigrant. The law went even further than Arizona鈥檚, with provisions that required public school officials to verify the immigration status of children and their parents, that made it a crime for undocumented immigrants to solicit work, and criminalized Alabamians for ordinary, everyday interactions with undocumented individuals like renting a mobile home or offering a ride.
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Alabama
Mar 2015
Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama v. Bentley

Mass Incarceration

Immigrants' Rights

Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama v. Bentley

The Alabama state legislature passed a draconian anti-immigrant law in June, 2011, the toughest of several state laws modeled after Arizona鈥檚 SB 1070. Like the Arizona law, SB 56 authorized police to ask for proof of citizenship or immigration status during a traffic stop based on 鈥渞easonable suspicion鈥 that the person was an undocumented immigrant. The law went even further than Arizona鈥檚, with provisions that required public school officials to verify the immigration status of children and their parents, that made it a crime for undocumented immigrants to solicit work, and criminalized Alabamians for ordinary, everyday interactions with undocumented individuals like renting a mobile home or offering a ride.
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For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer. Medical marijuana was his only hope.
Michigan
Feb 2015

Mass Incarceration

Criminal Law Reform

Casias v. Wal-Mart

For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.
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Michigan
Feb 2015
For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer. Medical marijuana was his only hope.

Mass Incarceration

Criminal Law Reform

Casias v. Wal-Mart

For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.
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Manuel Velez
Texas
Oct 2014

Mass Incarceration

Capital Punishment

Manuel Velez v. The State of Texas

Manuel Velez, an innocent man, was released from a Texas prison today after almost nine years behind bars, four on death row. Rather than risk a new trial that could be plagued with the same problems that sent him to death row, Velez, an 桃子视频client, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge.
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Texas
Oct 2014
Manuel Velez

Mass Incarceration

Capital Punishment

Manuel Velez v. The State of Texas

Manuel Velez, an innocent man, was released from a Texas prison today after almost nine years behind bars, four on death row. Rather than risk a new trial that could be plagued with the same problems that sent him to death row, Velez, an 桃子视频client, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Mass Incarceration

Criminal Law Reform

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

Mass Incarceration

Criminal Law Reform

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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桃子视频Petition to IACHR on Missouri Execution That Will Cause Irreparable Harm
Missouri
Jun 2014

Mass Incarceration

Capital Punishment

桃子视频Petition to IACHR on Missouri Execution That Will Cause Irreparable Harm

The 桃子视频 filed a request for precautionary measures with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the execution of John Winfield, scheduled for June 18, 2014 in the state of Missouri, will cause irreparable harm should it go forward. The 桃子视频asks that the executions be stayed until the IACHR can review and rule on the ACLU's petition that alleges Mr. Winfield's death sentence violates international law. On June 6, 2014, the IACHR granted 桃子视频request for precautionary measures against the United States and requested that the Government of the United States to abstain from executing John Winfield until the IACHR has ruled on the merits of the individual petition filed on his behalf.
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Missouri
Jun 2014
桃子视频Petition to IACHR on Missouri Execution That Will Cause Irreparable Harm

Mass Incarceration

Capital Punishment

桃子视频Petition to IACHR on Missouri Execution That Will Cause Irreparable Harm

The 桃子视频 filed a request for precautionary measures with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the execution of John Winfield, scheduled for June 18, 2014 in the state of Missouri, will cause irreparable harm should it go forward. The 桃子视频asks that the executions be stayed until the IACHR can review and rule on the ACLU's petition that alleges Mr. Winfield's death sentence violates international law. On June 6, 2014, the IACHR granted 桃子视频request for precautionary measures against the United States and requested that the Government of the United States to abstain from executing John Winfield until the IACHR has ruled on the merits of the individual petition filed on his behalf.
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