LDF Commends President Biden’s Historic Commutations of Over Three Dozen Persons on Death Row

Read a PDF of our press statement here.  Today, President Biden granted commutations to nearly all persons who were facing execution on federal death row.  In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson ...

The Michigan Legislature Fails to Act, Delivers a Devastating Blow to Voting Rights

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ACLU of Michigan  amullen@aclumich.org; 313-400-8562  Promote the Vote  media@promotethevotemi.com  Legal Defense Fund  media@naacpldf.org   Campaign Legal Center  bquinn@campaignlegalcenter.org  The clock ran out on the Michigan Voting Rights Act, leaving voters of color vulnerable to incoming anti-democracy ...

LDF Encouraged by House Efforts to Acknowledge and Address Bias in AI, Calls for Continued Commitment to Addressing Civil Rights Harms

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This week, the U.S. House of Representative’s bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released a report outlining policy proposals and recommendations for the regulation of AI. The report acknowledges that AI can lead to ...

Petitioners Respond to California Supreme Court’s Inquiry on Petition Challenging Administration of California’s Death Penalty Scheme

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Media Contact:   LDF Media Office: media@naacpldf.org ACLU National: media@aclu.org WilmerHale LLP: Frank E. James, frank.james@wilmerhale.com, 202-247-3560 The group of Californians and legal advocacy organizations challenging the administration of the state’s capital punishment scheme finalized ...

LDF Urges Senators to Abandon Misguided Deal, Confirm Lipez, Mangi, and Campbell, All Highly Qualified Circuit Court Judges

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As we commend the increased diversity among newly confirmed district court judges, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is urging Leader Schumer to abandon the deal struck with Republicans and commit to seeking confirmation of the ...

Community Organizations, Civil Rights Groups, and Advocates Call on City Council to Abolish the NYPD Gang Database Ahead of Hearing on Stop-and-Frisk Policing

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Media Contacts: Troi Barnes, media@naacpldf.org Alejandra Lopez, The Legal Aid Society, ailopez@legal-aid.org Alora Sherbert, Queens Defenders, press@queensdefenders.org    ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***  (New York, NY) – Today, multiple organizations and advocates convened a press conference and ...

LDF Responds to Fifth Circuit Decision to Strike Down Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule

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Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a sharply-divided decision stating that Nasdaq could not enforce a rule meant to increase transparency concerning the representation of people of color, women, and ...

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