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06.10.14
Federal Government Should Stop Housing Immigrants at Youngstown Prison Facility to Generate Profit
New ACLU Report Shows For-Profit Immigration Facilities Riddled with Problems
YOUNGSTOWN – The ACLU of Ohio is urging the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to end its contract to house immigrant prisoners with the private, for-profit prison company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in Youngstown, Ohio. NEOCC’s contract to house immigrants expires in 2015. The call to drop the Read more…
Criminal Justice, Immigrant Rights, Prisoners' Rights
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05.30.14
ACLU of Ohio Statement on Federal Judge Gregory Frost’s Order to Halt Executions for the Next Two Months
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the ACLU of Ohio released the following statement regarding federal judge Gregory Frost’s decision to issue a moratorium on all executions to allow time for arguments about the State of Ohio’s new lethal injection procedures. “Ohio’s temporary moratorium on executions is a step in the right direction of preserving the dignity Read more…
Death Penalty
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05.15.14
Online Journalist Successfully Defended Against Lawsuit Intended to Silence Criticism
New ACLU Online Toolkit Will Help Others Facing SLAPP Suits
CLEVELAND – The ACLU of Ohio, along with co-counsel David Halperin of Washington, D.C., successfully defended an online journalist and Huffington Post contributor after a federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Murray Energy Corporation. The lawsuit was filed after the journalist, Mike Stark, wrote an article that was highly critical of Murray Energy Read more…
Free Speech
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05.01.14
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Ohio’s Latest Attempts to Slash Early Voting Opportunities
Cuts by Ohio Legislature and Secretary of State Eliminate Opportunities Used by More than 157,000 Voters in 2012
UPDATE: Ohio Voters Gain Greater Access to Ballot in ACLU Settlement COLUMBUS, OH – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to strike down a new state law and a directive from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that have slashed early voting opportunities in Ohio in advance Read more…
Voting Rights
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04.30.14
ACLU Asks Governor to Suspend Executions Through 2015
In Light of Botched Lethal Injections and Recommendations by Taskforce, State Should Pause Executions
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio called on Governor John Kasich to grant clemency to Arthur Tyler and suspend the next nine executions through 2015. The request comes the day after the Ohio Parole Board unanimously recommended clemency for Mr. Tyler and the state of Oklahoma administered a botched execution Read more…
Death Penalty