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Connecticut must stop sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole in order to conform to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned the practice, ACLU of Connecticut Legal Director Sandra Staub wrote in testimony for the state Sentencing Commission
The Department of Veterans Affairs grants disability claims for military sexual trauma-related PTSD at significantly lower rates than other PTSD claims, according to a new report released today.
Connecticut must help crime victims without eroding the public's right to know what the police are doing, the ACLU of Connecticut told a state task force on Wednesday.
Separating Connecticut public school students on the basis of sex would be illegal, as well as educationally unsound, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and the ACLU Women's Rights Project wrote in a letter to Connecticut Education Commissioner Stephan Pryor in response to a recent
Censorship in prison and the chilling effects of surveillance on freedom of expression were at the forefront of the 2013 Banned Books Readout on Monday.