“The public cannot have faith in a process that it cannot see.” – Judge Marrero’s decision, P.85 New York – In a victory for the public and transparency, federal judge Victor Marrero held that the public has a First Amendment right to know what authorities have done with allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. The court issued […]
Sacramento, CA – In 2014, California took a giant step forward when it passed Proposition 47, a ballot measure that removed thousands of felonies from people’s records and reduced the jail and prison footprint across California. But now Proposition 47 is under attack. This November, law enforcement and the corporate retail lobby will be aggressively pushing […]
The lawsuit alleges HPD officers sicced their out-of-control and unpredictable police dog on a Black motorist, mauling and permanently damaging his arm. Houston, TX– On June 6, 2024, Civil Rights Corps (CRC) and attorney Nii Amaa Ollennu filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against 9 Houston Police Department (HPD) Officers on behalf of Houston resident […]
Michigan – Children in Flint and Port Huron, Michigan have filed two landmark civil rights lawsuits asserting their constitutional right to visit their jailed parents. Hundreds of counties across the United States have banned in-person jail visits for families, depriving children of the ability to see their parents face-to-face for months or years. Why? To […]
LA County illegally awarded the redesign of the county’s pretrial services to consulting giant Accenture. Los Angeles, CA – On Monday, March 11th, the national legal organization Civil Rights Corps, which has successfully sued to strike down illegal cash bail policies in Los Angeles County, sent a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of […]
Ferguson, MO – On February 27, 2024, a federal judge preliminarily approved a $4.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against the City of Ferguson in 2015, after police killed Michael Brown and ignited national outrage. The lawsuit sought justice for thousands of people who alleged that Ferguson routinely violated their constitutional rights […]
Houston, TX – On January 31st, 2024, Civil Rights Corps filed a federal lawsuit against three members of the Harris County Constables, Precinct 2 (the “Constables”) on behalf of Harris County resident Tyler Harrington. The complaint alleges that officers James Lancaster, Nathaniel Cano, and Jared Lindsay (“defendants”) conducted a warrantless no-knock entry into Mr. Harrington’s […]
Los Angeles County, CA – Forty days ago, Professor Priscilla Ocen at Loyola Law School sent a complaint to the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Samantha Jessner, to bring Judge Jessner’s attention to what Professor Ocen described as a pattern of serious misconduct by Judge Tomson Ong, a Long Beach judge. […]
Los Angeles, CA — On Sunday, October 1, the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) took an important step towards limiting the criminalization of poverty by implementing the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol (PARP) in Los Angeles County. This moves the criminal legal system in Los Angeles away from wealth-based pretrial detention and towards a policy that, if […]
