NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement regarding the death of Ken Thompson, District Attorney for Brooklyn: “We are saddened by the untimely death of Brooklyn District Attorney Ken ...
Today, Christina Swarns, Director of Litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), appeared before the Supreme Court, giving a powerful argument in Buck v. Davis, a case involving the racially-charged death sentence ...
Our country faces profound and important challenges in the years ahead. As the vice-presidential candidates prepare to take to the podiums for their debate, there are many essential questions anyone seeking our nation’s second highest ...
How Hillary Clinton’s Allies Are Expanding the Vote Behind the Scenes Leah Aden, senior counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, called [Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s] restoration of voting rights “courageous.” “This is a key ...
On October 5, Christina Swarns, LDF’s Director of Litigation, will present oral argument before the Supreme Court in Buck v. Davis, a case that raises extraordinary issues of racial bias in capital punishment sentencing. In 1997, ...
Exciting news! LDF has been selected to be a CREDO Donations Recipients for October. Each month, CREDO selects three nonprofit organizations representing a range of progressive causes to receive a portion of its revenue. More ...
Today Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2466 into law, which restores voting rights to over 50,000 Californians with non-violent felony convictions. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson offered the following statement: “Today Governor ...
