Connecticut Supreme Court Hears Hunger Strike Case
The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of William Coleman, an inmate seeking the right to refuse force-feedings by the state Department of Correction.
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The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of William Coleman, an inmate seeking the right to refuse force-feedings by the state Department of Correction.
Emanuel Margolis, former chairman and legal advisor of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and a lifelong champion of civil rights, died Wednesday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his home in Westport. He was 85.
Recent audits of the Connecticut State Police crime lab revive serious questions about the state's plan to begin an invasive DNA collection initiative on Oct. 1, 2011, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has joined a massive coordinated national campaign demanding information on when, why and how law-enforcement agencies are using cellphone location data to track Americans.
Recent reductions at the Connecticut public defenders' office and additional cuts planned to meet budget shortfalls jeopardize the constitutional rights of defendants to a fair trial, according to the ACLU of Connecticut.
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