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Apr 23, 2014
Colorado Legislature Approves Ban on Debtors’ Prisons
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Public Policy Director Denise Maes
“The ACLU of Colorado commends the state legislature, especially Representative Joe Salazar and Senator Lucia Guzman, for putting an end to the unconstitutional, inefficient, and inhumane practice of jailing people who are too poor to pay fines.
“Colorado’s lawmakers have overwhelmingly agreed that our judicial system, which prides itself on equal justice for all, cannot maintain a structure in which people with means pay their fines and move on with their lives, while the poor go to jail.
“There is also vast bipartisan agreement among legislators that jailing the poor for unpaid fines is fiscally unwise. Throwing a person in jail
Apr 22, 2014
Prepared Remarks of Public Policy Director Denise Maes on SB14-64, Limiting the Use of Solitary Confinement for Mentally Ill Prisoners
Apr 16, 2014
Colorado Clergy and Faith Leaders from across the State Announce Their Support for the Freedom to Marry
Apr 14, 2014
Senate passes ban on long-term solitary confinement of inmates with serious mental illness
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Public Policy Director Denise Maes
Apr 11, 2014
Prepared Remarks of ACLU Deputy Director Stephen Meswarb on SB 14-175, the Reproductive Health Freedom Act
Apr 03, 2014
Watch Stephen Colbert skewer the mad scramble for "silent but deadly" executions
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The struggle to find drugs to carry out lethal injection has made headlines all over the country and was recently featured on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.
Pharmaceutical companies who make these drugs have started to ban their sale for executions, and states are scrambling to find alternatives, with many dange
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