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'It's important for the American public to know exactly what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to do,' ACLU lawyer says.

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.

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 process of jury selection is racially biased in favor of executions.

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

The ACLU warns CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility and others could play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans

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

Micah Kubic, executive director of the Kansas American Civil Liberties Union, said the ruling is “just one waystation” in what he expects to be a lengthy court battle on the issue.

Civil rights activists in Kansas are staffing up and engaging with local officials to prepare for a second Donald Trump presidency, the ACLU of Kansas said Friday.

Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, called that outcome “farcical,” saying Kansas’ open records law “remains rife with exceptions” that are “quite liberally claimed by law enforcement” even in cases of high public interest.