Press Releases

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Jul 03, 2017

Suffolk Superior Court trial to start Wednesday in case challenging voter registration cutoff law

Case focuses on whether the voter registration cutoff law, which disenfranchises thousands of potential voters every election, is unconstitutional.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Jun 28, 2017

ACLU of Massachusetts challenges secretive administrative subpoenas

Case focuses on whether the voter registration cutoff law, which disenfranchises thousands of potential voters every election, is unconstitutional.
Issue Areas: Government Transparency, Police Accountability, Privacy and Surveillance
Jun 26, 2017

Statement on court's decision on Amherst drug lab scandal

“The only sensible next step is for all of the victims of this crisis to have their convictions vacated and their tainted drug charges dismissed.”
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Jun 16, 2017

ACLU of Massachusetts statement on Michelle Carter guilty verdict

Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the suicide of Conrad Roy III.
Jun 15, 2017

District attorneys abuse mandatory minimum drug sentences

It’s no surprise that the district attorneys want to hold onto this near absolute power.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform, Racial Justice
Jun 13, 2017

Massachusetts has the opportunity to lead on consumer internet privacy

We cannot look to Washington D.C. to fix a problem it is responsible for creating.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Jun 06, 2017

First-ever notice campaign to thousands of wrongfully convicted people in Dookhan drug cases

The first-of-its-kind notice campaign is to inform wrongfully convicted people that they have a path to justice.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform