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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Compliance with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines (09/01/2005)
A report by the U.S. Department of Justice analyzing, in part, the FBI's compliance with guidelines controlling the use of confidential informants.

Time Line: In the Matter of Lyle Craker (08/22/2005)

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's Opinion to the California Department of Health Services Following the Supreme Court's Decision in Gonzales v. Raich (07/15/2005)

ACLU Letter to Alaska Attorney General Marquez Concerning State's Response to Gonzales v. Raich Ruling (06/16/2005)

DLRP Internship Opportunities (05/19/2005)

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Legal Policies Manual: Jailhouse Informants (04/01/2005)
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office policy governing the use of jailhouse informants as witnesses.

Center on Wrongful Convictions: The Snitch System (01/01/2005)
A report by the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law documenting how informant testimony has sent innocent Americans to death row.

DLRP Past Cases (07/16/2004)

State-by-State Workplace Drug Testing Laws (04/12/2004)

Marijuana Law Reform Ad at Issue in ACLU v. Mineta (02/18/2004)
A marijuana law reform ad that the U.S. government blocked from being placed in the Washington, D.C., public transportation system. The ACLU filed a lawsuit over this censorship, and the ad eventually ran after the Department of Justice refused to take on the government's case - a near-unheard of position that speaks volumes about the government's unconstitutional stance.