COLUMBUS — Today, the Ohio Public Defender, ACLU of Ohio, and Children’s Law Center sent a letter urging the Supreme Court of Ohio to increase protections for children in the juvenile justice system regarding the right to appointed counsel.
Updated 5.2.17: As a result of the demand letter we sent to Hamilton County, the court has since removed the language on its website that established the ban.
CLEVELAND― The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following statement regarding the announcement by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he would order the Department of Justice to review all existing consent decrees on policing.
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter today to the City of Washington Court House, urging it to end its unjust practice of charging individuals who overdose on heroin under Ohio’s Inducing Panic law.