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Pioneering Activist, Courageous Attorneys, Gutsy Student Receive ACLU-WA Awards

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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

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A recent federal court decision affects how Washington schools must operate their Associated Student Body organizations.
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Arrestees Should Not Have Their DNA Taken

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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

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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

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Monday, December 7, 2009
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Reforming the “Three Strikes” Law

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Monday, December 7, 2009
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Surveillance Cameras In Parks

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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

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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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Grant County Overhauls Defense System in Settlement of Lawsuit

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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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ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Fairness in Juror Selection for Death Penalty Cases

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The ACLU has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the appeal of Cal Coburn Brown, who was sentenced to death in Washington state in 1993. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the death sentence in 2005, ruling that a potential juror had been incorrectly kept from the jury that found Brown guilty and imposed the death penalty.
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ACLU Sues over Inhumane Conditions at Jefferson County Jail

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit over inhumane conditions for prisoners at the Jefferson County Jail in Port Hadlock.
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N30: Seattle Gets Some of It Right

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Friday, November 20, 2009
As Seattle neared "N30," the one-year anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests on November 30th, free speech advocates held our collective breath in hopes that the City would "get it right" this time by dealing properly with protest activities. Responding to saber-rattling comments by some officials, the ACLU urged the City to respect free speech rights, and we readied our Web site report form to receive complaints of police misconduct.
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