LDF Condemns Brutal Beating, Killing of Robert Brooks

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today condemned the brutal killing of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death by a group of corrections officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York. LDF President ...

LDF Mourns the Loss of President Jimmy Carter, Lifelong Humanitarian and Champion for Civil Rights

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. A lifelong champion of human rights and powerful proponent of racial justice in America, President Carter ...

Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases Special Edition Law Journal on Voting Rights and Protecting Democracy

Read a PDF of our press statement here.  The Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released a special edition law journal in collaboration with the Vanderbilt Social Justice Reporter (VSJR), Voting Rights in ...

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 ...

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