2012-2013 Annual Report

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ACLU of CO Strongly Opposes Denver's Proposed Marijuana Rules

Statement of ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein

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Misplaced Priorities White Paper

A death penalty trial costs Colorado taxpayers approximately $3.5 million versus $150,000 for a life without parole trial. Prosecutors are currently pursuing the death penalty in three counties that have made recent deep cuts to important public priorities and services.

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Organizations call on CO to end unjust & expensive death penalty

Faith, Social Justice, and Civil Rights Organizations call on Colorado to End Unjust and Expensive Death Penalty Coalition releases new data comparing added costs of death penalty trials with cuts to public priorities and services

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Misplaced Priorities: An Infographic on the Cost of Death Penalty Trials

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World Day to End the Death Penalty

New data to be released comparing added costs of death penalty trials with cuts to public priorities and services What: To mark World Day to End the Death Penalty, faith leaders, civil rights activists, and representatives of seve

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ACLU of Colorado Marks Banned Books Week

September 27, 2013

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ACLU of Colorado Marks Banned Books Week

September 27, 2013

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ACLU of Colorado Marks Banned Books Week

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado today joined ACLU affiliates across the country in marking the annual observance of Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is observed annually at the end of September to celebrate the First Amendment and draw attention to the censorship of literature in public schools.

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