2023 Fall/Winter Newsletter
It has been one year since the launch of our three-year strategic framework, The Road Ahead.
November 30, 2023
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People v. Johnson and People v. Austin
On November 6, 2023, we filed two amicus briefs together with the MacArther Justice Center and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, in two jury selection cases before the Colorado Supreme Court, People v. Johnson and People v. Austin.
November 8, 2023 Criminal Legal Reform Racial JusticeNiemeyer v. Colorado
On October 30, 2023, we filed an amicus brief calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for two hours, restrained with bags over her hands, interrogated, and not permitted to leave, is in police custody, no matter how police characterize the situat
November 3, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformVoteAmerica, et al. v. Schwab, et al.
On September 14, 2023, we filed an amicus brief together with the national ACLU and several other ACLU affiliates in VoteAmerica, et al. v.
September 14, 2023 Freedom of Expression & ReligionSellers v. CO
We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.
September 11, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformGriffith v. El Paso County, et al.
While in the El Paso County Jail, Darlene was excluded from housing with other women inmates, denied women’s undergarments and grooming products, mocked with improper pronouns, and subjected to a strip search by an unsupervised male guard.
August 28, 2023 LGBTQ+ Equality