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Latest Court Filing Shows Race Still Plays a Role in Stops and Frisks by Police in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – In every neighborhood in Philadelphia, Black pedestrians were stopped by police officers out of proportion to their percentage of the local population, according to the latest report filed in federal court today.

November 27, 2018

After Seven Years, Report Shows Philadelphia Police Continue to Illegally Stop and Frisk Pedestrians

PHILADELPHIA – The latest report filed today by counsel for the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit challenging unconstitutional practices of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) shows that thousands of people were stopped and frisked without a legal reason in the first six months of 2018.

November 20, 2018

Voting Rights Advocates Sue Pennsylvania to End Disenfranchisement of Absentee Voters

HARRISBURG, PA. – Voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging a Pennsylvania law that makes it difficult for voters to vote by absentee ballot.

November 13, 2018

Legal Advocates Challenge Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ New Procedures for Legal Mail

HARRISBURG— The ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, the Abolitionist Law Center, Amistad Law Project, and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP filed two federal civil rights lawsuits today challenging the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (DOC) new

October 30, 2018

Gay Man in ICE Detention Finally Gets His Day in Court

YORK - A gay, married man who has been held in immigration detention since January will finally have an opportunity to argue for his release today before an immigration judge, according to a statement released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm DLA Piper.

October 24, 2018

Governor Wolf Signs Bill to End Unnecessary Suspensions of Drivers’ Licenses

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation today to repeal a longstanding mandate to suspend drivers’ licenses of people convicted of crimes unrelated to operation of a vehicle, many of them drug offenses.

October 24, 2018