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Jan 9, 2025

ICE looking to expand migrant detention facilities across country, ACLU says

Immigrants' Rights
'It's important for the American public to know exactly what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to do,' ACLU lawyer says.
'It's important for the American public to know exactly what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to do,' ACLU lawyer says.
death penalty
death penalty
Jan 9, 2025

Is Wyandotte County the beginning of the end of Kansas’ death penalty? Judge to decide

Criminal Legal Reform
The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is intervening in two capital murder cases underway in Wyandotte County, challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty as a form of punishment.
The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is intervening in two capital murder cases underway in Wyandotte County, challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty as a form of punishment.
death penalty
death penalty
Jan 9, 2025

Kansas’ death penalty under scrutiny in pre-trial hearings in 2019 homicide case

Criminal Legal Reform
A long-shot constitutional challenge to Kansas’ death penalty unfolding in preliminary court proceedings for a man charged in the death of four people at a Wyandotte County bar centers on claims the state’s...
A long-shot constitutional challenge to Kansas’ death penalty unfolding in preliminary court proceedings for a man charged in the death of four people at a Wyandotte County bar centers on claims the state’s...
death penalty
death penalty
Jan 8, 2025

ACLU attempts to get rid of death penalty in Kansas, again

Criminal Legal Reform
ACLU attempts to get rid of death penalty in Kansas, again.
ACLU attempts to get rid of death penalty in Kansas, again.
DP
DP
Dec 19, 2024

Shuttered private jail in Kansas could become immigration detention center

Immigrants' Rights
The ACLU warns CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility and others could play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans
The ACLU warns CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility and others could play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans
Core Civic
Core Civic
Dec 18, 2024

Future of marijuana in Kansas planned discussion for 2025

Criminal Legal Reform
The ongoing discussion regarding the future of marijuana in Kansas is set to continue in 2025.
The ongoing discussion regarding the future of marijuana in Kansas is set to continue in 2025.
marijuana
marijuana