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Report by U.W. Researchers Finds Marijuana Prohibition Is Not Achieving Its Aims

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A report by two University of Washington researchers finds that marijuana prohibition has had heavy financial and human costs - yet has failed to achieve its intended goals.
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Organizations for Communities of Color Endorse Referendum 71

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Past William O. Douglas Award Winners

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Pioneering Activist, Courageous Attorneys, Gutsy Student Receive ACLU-WA Awards

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Activist academic Phil Bereano (pictured at right), attorneys Amanda Lee and Jeff Robinson, and youth activist Colin Moyer have received the ACLU of Washington's 2009 awards for extraordinary efforts to defend and advance civil liberties.
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Associated Student Body Clubs Under the Federal Equal Access Act

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A recent federal court decision affects how Washington schools must operate their Associated Student Body organizations.
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King County Adopts “Don’t Ask” Ordinance to Enhance Public Health and Safety

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The King County Council has adopted a measure to ensure that most county employees will not ask about an individual’s immigration status unless specifically required to do so by federal or state law. The measure will foster cooperation and trust between residents and county officials. King County Executive Kirk Triplett (pictured above) signed the ordinance.
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ACLU Contributes $32,000 to Approve 71 Campaign

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it has contributed $32,000 to the Approve 71 Campaign. In addition, the ACLU of Washington office and the national ACLU LGBT Project are making significant staff contributions to the campaign. The ACLU is backing the campaign’s effort to gain voter approval for Referendum 71 in order to provide necessary protections for Washington families.
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Arrestees Should Not Have Their DNA Taken

News Release, Published: 
Monday, December 7, 2009
A person’s DNA is the blueprint of one’s identity. The ACLU-WA opposes proposals to collect DNA from people who are merely arrested, regardless of whether they are convicted.
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ACLU-WA Seeks to Protect Privacy for Highway Toll Payments

News Release, Published: 
Monday, December 7, 2009
The ACLU-WA is working with legislators to add privacy protections to bills that authorize tolling and set up a photo enforcement system on the Highway 520 bridge
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Marijuana: The Conversation Has Begun

News Release, Published: 
Monday, December 7, 2009
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Reforming the “Three Strikes” Law

News Release, Published: 
Monday, December 7, 2009
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Grant County Overhauls Defense System in Settlement of Lawsuit

News Release, Published: 
Friday, December 4, 2009
The ACLU filed a suit in 2004, challenging the constitutionality of the indigent public defense system in Grant County. The suit argued that public defenders were underfunded, overworked and lacked independence, depriving indigent defendants of effective assistance of counsel.
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Surveillance Cameras In Parks

News Release, Published: 
Friday, December 4, 2009
Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata on Surveillance Cameras in Parks
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Big Brother in the Parks: ACLU-WA Opposes Police Surveillance Cameras

News Release, Published: 
Friday, December 4, 2009
Research has shown that government cameras in public places don’t reduce crime. The ACLU-WA has been a vocal opponent of efforts to place police surveillance cameras in Seattle parks.
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