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Ending Indefinite Solitary Confinement for the Vast Majority of People with Death Sentences in Oklahoma

After years of working collaboratively with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, we are proud to announce the end of indefinite solitary confinement for the vast majority of people incarcerated with death sentences in Oklahoma.

By Travis Handler

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Apr 29, 2021

What President Biden Needs to Do Beyond the First 100 Days

Now is our chance to reform and rebuild our institutions based on the painful truths that have been further highlighted over the past four years.

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, DC
Apr 27, 2021

The Unhappy 25th Birthday of Two Tough-on-Crime Era Laws That Have Deadly Consequences for Incarcerated People

The PLRA and AEDPA have caused untold pain and suffering for people in prisons — they must be repealed.

People in prison housed in a room with three-tiered bunk beds.
Apr 27, 2021

New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources

Debt-based license suspensions make violent police confrontations more likely, throw drivers into a cycle of poverty, and don’t improve debt repayment rates.

Long rows of chairs with people sitting inside the busy waiting room area of a DMV office.
Apr 22, 2021

Derek Chauvin Verdict Means Accountability, Not Justice

The rare conviction of a police officer may offer relief to George Floyd's family and community, but the system that permitted his murder still stands.

Demonstrators carry signs demanding justice for George Floyd.
Apr 16, 2021

Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped

On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.

Protestors demonstrate in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
Apr 16, 2021

COVID-19 May Fade, But Will the Tracking Tools Built to Fight It?

We must ensure that temporary COVID-19 data surveillance infrastructures do not needlessly outlast this once-in-a-century pandemic.

An electronic ad inside DC's Metro Station for the the DC Department of Health's mobile Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Apr 15, 2021

Special Report: Chase Strangio on the Legislative Assault on Trans Youth

At Liberty unpacks a year in which more than 100 bills attacking trans people have been introduced across the country, and where the ACLU is focusing its firepower to protect trans youth.

A demonstrator holding a sign with the text "Stop HB1570."
Apr 07, 2021

The Promise of Systemic Equality Starts at Home

Last month, we called on the Biden administration to reckon with systemic racism. We're doing that work at our own organization too though.

A picture of ACLU's systemic equality poster framed and placed on top of a desk.
Apr 02, 2021

New Domestic Terrorism Laws Won’t End White Supremacy

On At Liberty, Hina Shamsi breaks down how domestic terrorism laws will harm communities of color.

A statement of facts document with images of an insurrectionist at the riot in the Capitol Building.