Criminal Justice
Ensuring that our criminal justice system treats all in America with fairness, dignity, and equality
Alcatraz Prison | miss_millions, Flickr
Summary
CAC works to ensure that all who interact with the criminal justice system enjoy the rights to which they are entitled and are treated with the dignity and equality promised to them by the Constitution.
Criminal Justice in Brief
Courtroom | Clyde Robinson, Flickr
The Supreme Court has made important progress in certain areas of criminal justice, such as it did in Montgomery v. Louisiana. However, America still has a long way to go, and CAC works to ensure that all who encounter the criminal justice system can exercise their full range of rights.
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“We Do Not Want to be Hunted”: The Right To Be Secure and Our Constitutional Story of Race and Policing
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RELEASE: Victory For The Constitution: Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Protections Apply to States
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Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures
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The Supreme Court considers nixing a “double jeopardy” loophole
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