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The Kansas Department of Disability and Aging Services (KDADS) announced a historic settlement with the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) and the ACLU of Kansas to reduce the wait times for people awaiting competency evaluations and restoration services at Larned State Hospital.

ACLU hosts free legal information sessions following ‘gang list’ lawsuit against WPD

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, which has helped individuals navigate the clemency process, applauded the governor’s willingness to use her executive power “to address systemic injustices.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas submitted testimony Monday advocating for decriminalization.

The ACLU of Kansas announced on Thursday, Oct. 31, that a new report has found that nearly 85,000 Kansans - 1 in 35 - are eligible to vote despite past felony convictions. these individuals have completed sentences, including probation or parole, and are eligible to register to vote under state law.

Medical marijuana advocates from across the Sunflower State have called on legislators to consider a comprehensive new policy this upcoming legislative session.

A man charged with murdering two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies is trying to overturn Kansas’ death penalty with the aid of the ACLU, arguing the process for seating capital juries unconstitutionally discriminates against women and Black residents.

“On its inception, our clients were interested in pursuing a change in policy. They were not in it for the money, and so damages claims were never a part of the case,” said Kunyu Ching, a staff attorney at the ACLU of Kansas, in a conversation for the Kansas Reflector podcast.

Kansas has long had an ambivalent relationship with capital punishment. Three decades after the state passed its current death penalty law, its new execution chamber remains unused.