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12.11.14
Secret Drug Execution Legislation Is Fundamentally Wrong, Violates Public Trust, Says ACLU
HB 663 Lacks Transparency and Accountability to Ohioans
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Senate today passed a bill that will cloud state executions in secrecy, making the death penalty process less accountable to Ohioans. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is decrying the passage of House Bill 663 and calls for Gov. John Kasich to veto it in the following statement by Mike Brickner, Read more…
Death Penalty
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12.10.14
ACLU Urges School Board to Give Teacher Job Back
Teacher Exercised Right to Free Speech about Animal Cruelty on Personal Time
UPDATE: ACLU, PETA Foundation Settle Lawsuit Against School District’s Treatment of Teacher CLEVELAND, Ohio—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to the Green Local Board of Education in Smithville today, reminding the school district that teachers have a First Amendment right to engage in free speech. The ACLU urges the school board Read more…
Free Speech
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12.04.14
ACLU Comment on U.S. Department of Justice Probe of Cleveland Police Department
CLEVELAND, Ohio—The ACLU of Ohio has issued a statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s conclusions on the investigation of the Cleveland Police Department’s use of excessive force. “Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice is not a surprise to many greater Clevelanders,” said Mike Brickner, senior policy director for the ACLU of Ohio. Read more…
Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Police Practices, Prisoners' Rights, Racial Justice
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11.14.14
ACLU and Lambda Legal Ask Supreme Court to Review Ohio Marriage Cases
CINCINNATI, Ohio–Today, the ACLU of Ohio, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and private firm Gerhardstein & Branch filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ aberrant ruling upholding discriminatory bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio and three other states. The Sixth Circuit is Read more…
LGBT Rights
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11.13.14
Legislature Rushes Secret Executions Bill in Last Days of Session, Says ACLU
HB 663 Lacks Transparency and Accountability to Ohioans
UPDATE: On December 11, 2014, the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 663 (HB 663) by a vote of 20 to 10. Please see our statement. COLUMBUS, Ohio—The ACLU of Ohio opposes a bill (HB 663) now being pushed through the Ohio House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee during the lame-duck session of the Ohio Read more…
Death Penalty