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New York Times Highlights Injustice and Racism in Duane Buck Case
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Clothing Chain Wet Seal Settles Lawsuit Charging It with Firing African-American Employees
5/09/13Source:LDFCompany Agrees to Compensate Former Store Managers and Change Company Practices
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Maryland Governor Repeals State’s Death Penalty
5/06/13Source:LDFOn May 3, 2013, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed SB276 officially repealing the state’s death penalty. With this act, Maryland became the sixth state in six years to abolish the death penalty. In total, 18 states in the U.S., including Maryland, have abolished the death penalty.
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LDF Reaches New Agreement with State of Connecticut in Landmark Educational Equity Case Sheff v. O’Neill
4/30/13Source:LDFThe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined its co-counsel in signing an agreement with the Connecticut State Department of Education to further the implementation of desegregation remedies required by Sheff v. O’Neill, the landmark Connecticut Supreme Court case which required the State to end the racial and ethnic segregation faced by Hartford area schoolchildren.
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Rolling Stone Highlights LDF’s Co-Chair’s Efforts to Secure Justice in “Three Strikes” Cases
4/25/13Source:Rolling StoneLDF Co-Chair David Mills has fought to secure justice for people sentenced to life in prison for non-violent, non-serious crimes under California’s “Three Strikes” law. First through the work of the Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project, which he founded, Mills obtained representation for individuals challenging their life sentences. Then Mills led the successful effort to pass Proposition 36, the ballot initiative that eliminated future life sentences for non-violent, non-serious crimes, and gave individuals currently serving such sentences a path to release.