“The reasoning is clear: the combination of excessive incarceration and harsh punishment is a blunt instrument for social control that perpetuates the country’s painful, historical legacy of injustice and inequality, and deprives masses of black and brown people unfairly of freedom and opportunity. It is the site of today’s civil rights struggle.” http://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/ending-mass-incarceration-charting-new-justice-reinvestment
ACLU lawsuit: Hawaii Department of Public Safety in violation of “open records” law
April 11, 2013 By
Suit filed after State stonewalls release of records in wrongful death lawsuits against Corrections Corporation of America Read the complaint: http://acluhawaii.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/complaint_and_summons.pdf Honolulu, HI – April 11, 2013 – The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation (“ACLU”) filed a lawsuit in First Circuit Court today on behalf of the law firm Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld, […]
ACLU of Hawaii on media shield law
April 4, 2013 By
Statement by Daniel M. Gluck, Senior Staff Attorney, 4/4/13 “The ACLU of Hawaii supports removing the sunset provision in the current media shield law and making that law permanent. The law has worked well for the last five years, and both the ACLU and the Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Rules of Evidence believe […]
House shelves decriminalization for 2013, measure remains alive for 2014 session
April 3, 2013 By
The Associated Press is reporting that S.B. 472, Hawaii’s decriminalization bill is shelved for 2013. SB 472 and other marijuana law reform bills remain live for the 2014 legislative session. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21875432/hawaii-house-kills-bill-to-decriminalize-marijuana For the latest breaking news and action alerts on the ongoing issue of marijuana law reform in Hawaii, please visit (and join!) our coalition […]
Aloha State poised for meaningful marijuana law reform in 2013 legislature
April 2, 2013 By
Bills give lawmakers new opportunity to take modest, sensible steps while addressing urgent issues of government fairness and efficiency Honolulu, Hawaii - The marijuana law reform movement is about fair, effective use of government power and taxpayer money, and it’s based on two over-arching principles: 1. There is no federal law preventing any state from […]
