Failing to vacate drug convictions based on tainted evidence is indefensible
ACLU of Massachusetts' executive director Carol Rose offered a civil liberties perspective on the latest headlines during her monthly visit to Boston Public Radio.
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ACLU of Massachusetts' executive director Carol Rose offered a civil liberties perspective on the latest headlines during her monthly visit to Boston Public Radio.
Years after former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan was discovered falsifying evidence, thousands of cases still remain unresolved.
Victory! On September 28, 2016 the Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed that the government must have specific information that a cellphone contains evidence of a crime before it can search or seize the device.
Today, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz found that Boston Latin School (BLS) violated federal civil rights law in responding to school-based racial harassment and announced a resolution agreement with Boston Public Schools (BPS) to improve the racial climate of the school.
On behalf of 3 petitioners who were wrongfully convicted of state drug charges, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, the state public defender agency, and the law firm Fick & Marx LLP urged the Supreme Judicial Court on Friday to vacate 24,000 unresolved cases in which people were co