Court Cases

We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief along with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for two hours, restrained with bags over her hands, interrogated, and not permitted to leave, is in police custody, and thus must be read a Miranda advisement, no matter how police characterize the situation.

The ACLU of Colorado filed amicus briefs in two jury selection cases, arguing that prosecutors cannot exclude people of color from juries based on their experiences of racial injustice with police.

We filed an amicus brief urging the Colorado Supreme Court to reaffirm Colorado’s longstanding equal protection guarantee.

ACLU of Colorado sued the Douglas County School District, Douglas County Sheriff and several School Resource Officers for violating a student’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fourth Amendment.

This case seeks monetary compensation for Saul Cisneros, who was illegally kept prisoner in the El Paso County Jail for almost four months after his daughter posted his bond.

The ACLU of Colorado sued three Colorado Springs police officers for racial profiling and biased policing.

In this case, the ACLU of Colorado provided criminal defense for Adam Wiemold, a homeless man who was charged with illegal “camping” by Fort Collins police for sleeping in his vehicle at a designated rest area where truck drivers regularly sleep in their vehicles undisturbed by police.

ACLU of Colorado and three private attorneys filed a class action lawsuit against the El Paso County Sheriff about the conditions inside the El Paso County Jail during the COVID-19 outbreak.