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What happens when the cornerstone of democracy is under attack?

Photo: Members of the Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition celebrate the option of early voting, available for the first time on October 24, 2016. Photo by Caley McGuane.

October 19, 2016

Revere SWAT raid raises questions about police militarization in Massachusetts

It must be terrifying to wake up in your own home in the early hours of the morning to a military-style weapon pointing in your face, with armed men shouting at you in a language you don’t understand.

October 17, 2016

ACLU calls for repeal of mandatory minimum drug sentencing following SJC ruling

The Supreme Judicial Court held today that existing law does not provide a "safety valve" from mandatory minimums sentences, while calling on the legislature to consider reforms to the mandatory minimum drug laws that have produced harsh racial disparities in Massachusetts.

October 14, 2016

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.

October 5, 2016

There is a solution to the devastation inflicted by Dookhan scandal

Years after former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan was discovered falsifying evidence, thousands of cases still remain unresolved.

September 30, 2016

SJC unanimously rules government needs specific information to justify cellphone search, seizure

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.

September 28, 2016