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Resources on constitutional rights.
This 23-year-old college student received three life sentences in a drug conspiracy trial based on the testimony of informants and no other evidence.
Information about state and local organizations and resources for the transgender community.
The U.S. war on drugs has been waged overwhelmingly against black Americans, Human Rights Watch charges in this report which includes the first state-by-state analysis of the role of race and drugs in prison admissions.
Fact Sheet - Know Your Civil Rights from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Reports and articles pertaining to rights of Americans. Features include surveys, archives, developments, and an email newsletter
Dudley Hiibel was jailed and fined for not showing ID to a police officer; he is appealing his conviction. Details, video, and transcript of the incident, court documents, amicus curiae briefs, and US Supreme Court docket.
An information center for Oromos to promote racial and economic justice and also to influence American public and foreign policy towards East Africa, especially Ethiopia.
Links to the most recent annual reports on human rights practices from the U.S. State Department, submitted to Congress according to law.
Shows the actual photos of people in American prisons today and the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug offenders.
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