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Apr 4, 2022

State v. Bookman

Police & Law Enforcement
Status: Open

Amicus brief addressing whether police may enter a third parties’ home in “hot pursuit” of a person wanted only on a traffic warrant,

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Apr 4, 2022

Petition to Investigate the Newark Police Department

Police & Law Enforcement
Status: Closed

Request for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate police misconduct and mistreatment.

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Mar 21, 2022

United States v. Lewis

Decarceration
Status: Closed

Amicus brief addressing whether prior convictions for possession of substances controlled under state, but not federal, law can serve as enhancements under federal sentencing law.

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Mar 18, 2022

State v. Smith

Police & Law Enforcement
Status: Open

The ACLU-NJ entered this case as amicus to argue that police stops based on rear tinted windows in cars are arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Paragraph 7 of...

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Mar 9, 2022

State v. Comer II

Criminal Legal System
Status: Closed

Challenge to the constitutionality of mandatory sentences of thirty years in prison for children convicted of murder.

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Feb 14, 2022

State v. Mackroy-Davis

Decarceration
Status: Open

Amicus brief addressing the how delays caused by COVID-19 impact the speedy trial provisions of the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

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