“Why we still march” Sherrilyn Ifill in the Baltimore Sun

Two days before the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, in which she will be a featured speaker, Sherrilyn Ifill writes an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun “Why we still march.”  Constance Baker Motley, ...

Harry Belafonte calls For a New, Fair Sentencing Hearing For Duane Buck

Harry Belafonte, a renowned activist and musician, released a statement on his Facebook page calling for a new, fair sentencing hearing for LDF’s client, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death by a jury ...

Sherrilyn Ifill in The Root: Even as we celebrate the March on Washington, democracy must constantly be maintained

  In an opinion piece published in The Root this morning, Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President & Director-Counsel, pens a long manifesto about the state of civil rights in America. In the wake of the Supreme ...

NY Daily News reports on upcoming Davis case ‘Stop-and-frisk judge will lay down law on wrongful NYCHA arrests’

Amid positive media coverage in the New York Daily News on LDF’s upcoming case Davis v. City of New York, a lawsuit which challenges the NYPD’s policy and practice of unlawfully stopping and arresting public ...

“Wild Justice” book showcases LDF’s role in ending death penalty

A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America by Evan J. Mandery highlights LDF’s role in the movement to end the death penalty. Mandery describes LDF as influential on “every major death ...

NYT article on battle against Stop-and-Frisk of highlights LDF’s role in movement

The New York Times  highlighted the efforts of Communities United for Police Reform which recently achieved a major legal victory in the movement against Stop-and-Frisk tactics. LDF’s representatives to CUPR are Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele and Marquis Jenkins. ...

Ifill on Hardball with Gov. Pataki: “A landmark day for civil rights advocates”

Sherrilyn Ifill appeared on Hardball with Gov. Pataki. They discussed A.G. Holder’s speech on sentencing reform, as well as the landmark Stop-and-Frisk ruling which declared the NYPD’s tactics violate rights. “The reality is that crime ...

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