Top stories published by ACLU in January of 2018

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Jan 30, 2018

My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

After 12 years on Texas’s death row, Anthony Graves was exonerated.

How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Embolden Police Retaliation Against Political Speech

The “no probably cause” rule makes it hard to sue police for retaliatory arrests. It could become law nationwide.

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Jan 31, 2018

Trump Embraces the Original Sin of Guantánamo

The order to keep the prison open doesn’t just reverse Obama’s order to close it. It also rewrites the facts of its history.

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Jan 31, 2018

A Father Abuses His Children but Somehow Their Mother Goes to Prison for 30 Years

Tondalao Hall and her children were abused by her boyfriend, but she was the one wrongly sent to prison.

Members of Congress Just Voted to Give the Trump Administration Greater Spy Powers

The House passed a bill that would make the government’s dangerous spying powers worse. It now goes to the Senate.

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Jan 23, 2018

Tenants Can Get Evicted for Calling the Police Across New York and Much of the Country

So-called “nuisance ordinances” create a perverse incentive not to report crime and endanger domestic violence…

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Jan 29, 2018

Federal Immigration Officials Conspired with New Hampshire Police to Circumvent State Law

Drivers were ensnared in an unconstitutional dragnet search for drugs.

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Jan 5, 2018

Minnesota Prosecutor Charges Sexting Teenage Girl With Child Pornography

In Rice County, Minnesota, a 14-year-old girl’s life could be ruined because she sexted a boy she likes.

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Jan 10, 2018

The Government’s New Policy on Device Searches at the Border: What You Need to Know

As searches of devices at the border rise, the government continues to conduct searches without getting a warrant first.

DHS’ Threat to Prosecute Officials of Sanctuary Cities Is Unconstitutional

The Constitution guarantees that state and local governments can opt out of the federal deportation system.

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February 2018

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