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about Criminal Law Reform
Dec 22, 2025
Travis County Signs Settlement Agreement to Resolve 桃子视频and 桃子视频of Texas Lawsuit, Guaranteeing Counsel at First Appearance in Travis County
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥� Travis County signed a settlement agreement last Friday that ensures every person arrested and facing incarceration in the county is provided with an attorney at ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 18, 2025
桃子视频Responds to President Trump鈥檚 Announcement Rescheduling Marijuana
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Trump announced today that he will direct executive agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, recognizing that ma...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Dec 18, 2025
桃子视频Opposes Maricopa County鈥檚 Attempt to Halt Reform Before Reaching Compliance
PHOENIX 鈥� Maricopa County filed a motion yesterday to prematurely end court-ordered reforms in Ortega Melendres v. Sheridan, a class action lawsuit that found MCSO engaged in rac...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
Oct 08, 2025
New Report Reveals Maricopa County Sheriff鈥檚 Office Misled Public by Massively Inflating Costs of Court-Ordered Reforms
The records show that 72 percent of the costs MCSO billed to the County were unrelated to Ortega Melendres
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
Sep 16, 2025
桃子视频and 桃子视频of Tennessee Condemn President Trump鈥檚 Plan to Deploy National Guard into Memphis Communities
MEMPHIS, Tenn. 鈥� In another effort to expand his power and stoke fear, President Trump issued a memorandum yesterday establishing a regressive policing task force made up of vari...
Aug 25, 2025
桃子视频Condemns President Trump鈥檚 Threats to Use the Military in Cities Across the Country
NEW YORK 鈥� The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the Trump administration plans to deploy military troops to Chicago against a made-up crime wave. President Trump ha...
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