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ACLU Letter to Senate Judiciary Leadership Urging Opposition to Amendment S. 3155 (07/30/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, we urge you to oppose Senator Kyl’s proposed amendment to S. 3155, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, at tomorrow’s scheduled mark-up. The amendment would allow youth who commit certain crimes to be prosecuted as adults.

Re: ACLU Applauds Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 (07/16/2008)
Dear Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Specter: On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we write to support S. 3155, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008, and to urge the Committee to strengthen key elements of this important bill.

National Sign-On Letter Supporting Elimination of the Valid Court Order (VCO) Exception to the JJDPA (07/14/2008)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Opposition to an Amendment to H.R. 5057 Pertaining to the Collection of DNA Samples from Arrestees (07/14/2008)

ACLU Comments to the Justice Department Regarding the Collection of DNA Under the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 and Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (05/19/2008)

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Regarding DNA Collection During Arrest (04/17/2008)

Justice Roundtable Coalition Letter to Senate Urging Support of The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 (S.1711) (02/15/2008)
We are part of the Justice Roundtable, a network of advocacy organizations that shares common goals toward rational reform of the U.S. criminal justice system. Although some of us have already forwarded individual letters to you, we write at this time to provide a collective voice on the critical issue of crack cocaine sentencing reform. We applaud the bipartisan recognition that the mandatory minimum statutes treating one gram of crack cocaine the same as 100 grams of powder cocaine must be corrected.

ACLU Letter to House Members Urging Support of Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 (02/04/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we urge you to co-sponsor and support H.R.4545, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 which would eliminate the unjust and discriminatory 100 to 1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences in federal law.

ACLU Letter Opposing Senator Kyl’s Proposed Amendments to S. 431, Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators (“KIDS”) Act and S. 1829, Protect our Children First Act of 2007 (01/16/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its 53 affiliates, we write in opposition to all of the amendments being offered by Senator Kyl during the Senate Judiciary Committee mark up of S. 431 and S. 1829 on December 13. The reasons for our opposition to these amendments are explained below.

The ACLU Urges Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor and Support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (01/16/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists, members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we strongly urge you to co-sponsor the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007 (ERPA). Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) will introduce ERPA on Wednesday, December 12th and we encourage you to sign on to the bill as an original co-sponsor.