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Case of Eyewitness vs. Alibi Raises Question of Defense Lawyers’ Competence

Richard Rosario was convicted of a murder that took place on Turnbull Avenue in the Bronx on June 19, 1996, based on the testimony of two witnesses who had picked his picture out of a book of mug shots. There was no other evidence linking him to the crime. He did not know the victim, […]

Case more about racism than felon voting rights

On its face, Farakkhan v. Gregoire is about whether felons have the right to vote. But it's really about institutionalized racism: namely whether Washington's criminal justice system treats minorities unfairly. "You have vast disproportionate rates of incarceration and sentencing for African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans," said Dale Ho, one of the NAACP Legal Defense and […]

Case in Point: LDF Outlines Four Holes in Officer Betty Shelby’s Defense

Two nights ago, a jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, found Police Officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the September 2016 roadside killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man. The verdict reinforced, once again, that police officers are almost never convicted for killing unarmed African Americans. While every one of these cases is unique, […]

Case in Point: Four Holes in Officer Betty Shelby’s Defense

By David Jacobs, Senior Communications Associate at LDF Two nights ago, a jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, found Police Officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the September 2016 roadside killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man. The verdict reinforced, once again, that police officers are almost never convicted for killing unarmed African Americans. […]

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Case Heads to Supreme Court After Divided Three-Judge Panel Overturns Louisiana Congressional Map with Two Majority-Black Districts

CONTACT: Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org ACLU National, media@aclu.org SHREVEPORT, La. – Today, a group of Black voters and civic organizations filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a divided panel of three federal court judges overturned Louisiana’s congressional map that had two majority Black districts last night. The court in Callais […]

Case Brought by LDF and the Legal Aid Society Challenging Unlawful and Discriminatory Policing by the NYPD Moves Towards Trial

A federal court in New York rejected attempts by New York City and the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”) to prevent a case challenging the unlawful stops and arrests of public housing residents and guests for trespassing from proceeding to trial. Noting that the case arises in the context of  “NYPD’s long history of biased stop, […]