Press Releases

03.13.19

ACLU of Ohio Pushing For Stronger Provisions in Senate Bill 3, Legislation on Drug Policy Reform

COLUMBUS – Yesterday the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to Senator John Eklund stating the organization’s suggested amendments to Senate Bill 3, legislation that seeks to change certain drug offenses. The ACLU of Ohio supports any efforts to improve Ohio’s criminal justice system, but has noted several ways to strengthen the Read more…

Criminal Justice

02.20.19

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and ACLU of Ohio File Federal Lawsuit against The City of Bedford Over Unconstitutional Nuisance Ordinance

CLEVELAND – Today The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and the ACLU of Ohio filed a complaint in federal court against the City of Bedford (Ohio), which has enacted and is aggressively enforcing an unconstitutional and discriminatory ordinance known as a criminal activity nuisance ordinance, Bedford Ord. 511.12. This ordinance is primarily and unlawfully used Read more…

Criminal Justice

02.19.19

New Report Shows Ohio Lawmakers Undermine Criminal Sentencing Reform Year after Year

ACLU of Ohio Publishes Latest “Statehouse- to- Prison Pipeline”

COLUMBUS—A new ACLU of Ohio report, issued today, finds that Ohio legislators introduced 137 bills in the last legislative session to send more people to the state’s already overcrowded prisons and jails. The report, Ohio’s Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline: 132nd General Assembly 2017-2018, reveals that our elected officials are damaging their own “multi-year effort” to simplify the Read more…

Criminal Justice

01.30.19

ACLU of Ohio Argues Abortion Rights Case Before Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Law Would Interfere in a Woman’s Personal Health Decisions

CINCINNATI — Today, the ACLU of Ohio asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a March 2018 preliminary injunction against an unconstitutional abortion ban. The law criminalizes abortion when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The ban, first signed into law by Governor John Read more…

Reproductive Freedom

01.23.19

ACLU of Ohio Presented Arguments at First District Court of Appeals in Case Banning Hamilton County Homeless Encampments

CINCINNATI — The ACLU of Ohio presented oral arguments today at the First District Court of Appeals to argue that the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas lacked the jurisdiction to issue an improper, sweeping ban on homeless encampments across Hamilton County. Joe Mead argued for the ACLU of Ohio on behalf of New Prospect Read more…

General Civil Liberties