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01.14.21
75 Organizations Sign On To Letter Urging Ohio Lawmakers to Provide Virtual Testimony Opportunities as Pandemic Persists
Ohio – This morning a broad, diverse coalition of advocacy organizations, disability rights leaders, religious organizations, physicians, teachers and more sent a letter to Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp requesting virtual testimony opportunities be provided to constituents to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and ensure safe and equitable access to Read more…
Criminal Justice
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01.11.21
ACLU of Ohio Files Lawsuit On Behalf of Man Unlawfully Arrested for Filming the Columbus Police
COLUMBUS – Today the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit on behalf of Nick Pettit, a Columbus resident arrested on April 24, 2019, for filming abuses by a Columbus Police SWAT team that was serving a search warrant on his street. Police roughed up and arrested Mr. Pettit for recording them and calling them out Read more…
Criminal Justice
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12.14.20
ACLU of Ohio Files Amicus Brief Opposing Prosecution for “Possession” of Controlled Substances Based on Presence in Bodily Substances
COLUMBUS — Today the ACLU of Ohio filed a brief as amicus curiae to the Supreme Court of Ohio in State v Foreman, a case addressing whether a defendant can be convicted of felony cocaine possession based solely on the presence of metabolites in the body. After Kelly Foreman gave birth in a Seneca County Read more…
Criminal Justice
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12.07.20
ACLU of Ohio to Governor DeWine: Vaccine Rollout Must Include Incarcerated People
COLUMBUS — The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Governor DeWine regarding his COVID-19 vaccination rollout to ensure incarcerated Ohioans are included in the same tier as all others in congregate living situations, such as nursing homes and psychiatric facilities. DeWine gave a general outline of Ohio’s distribution plan during a December 4 press Read more…
Criminal Justice
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09.23.20
ACLU of Ohio Calls on Juvenile Judges to Depopulate Juvenile Detention Centers as the COVID-19 Pandemic Persists
COLUMBUS — The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to juvenile administrative judges in Ohio with specific methods of how to urgently depopulate juvenile detention centers and implement age-appropriate pandemic policies for court-involved youth. Given the impracticability of safeguarding detained youth without creating other significant harms, the ACLU of Ohio encourages courts to release all Read more…
Criminal Justice