NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Second Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Second Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death  Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Freddie Gray, a young African-American man who suffered a tragic and ...

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Says Courts Should Instruct Juries on Racial Bias in Eyewitness Identifications

Read the PDF version of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Says Courts Should Instruct Juries on Racial Bias in Eyewitness Identifications Arguments in Cross-Racial Identification Case, People v. Boone, to Start ...

Federal Court Vacates Death Sentence of NAACP Legal Defense Fund Client Duane Buck Following Supreme Court Victory Last Month

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Federal Court Vacates Death Sentence of NAACP Legal Defense Fund Client Duane Buck Following Supreme Court Victory Last Month Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth ...

LDF Statement on the Passing of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam

Read a PDF of our statement here.  NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Passing of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam We are shocked and saddened by news of the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a brilliant ...

LDF Sends Letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Urging Immediate Stay of Seven Scheduled Executions Over 11 Days

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson strongly urging him to immediately stay the scheduled executions of seven death-sentenced prisoners over an 11-day period ...

Federal Court Finds Texas’ Voter ID Law Passed With Discriminatory Purpose

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Today, a federal district court found in Veasey v. Abbott that Texas bill SB 14 – the strictest photo ID law in the country – was enacted to ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Denial of the Request to Intervene in the Justice Department Review of the Baltimore Police Department

Read the PDF version of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Denial of the Request to Intervene in the Justice Department Review of the Baltimore Police Department Today, U.S. District Judge ...

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