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Mar 10, 2021

Smart Justice testifies in support of voting rights for people on parole

Smart Justice leader Will Roberts testified before the Government Administration and Elections Committee hearing today in support of H.B. 6578, bill that would restore the right to vote for...

ACLU-CT Smart Justice leaders stand with "people not prisons" banner and "Clean Slate" sign outside of the CT State Capitol. They are behind a podium, and wearing blue "people not prisons" shirts. Many have fists up in power salutes.

Mar 10, 2021

Smart Justice testifies in support of accountability for State's Attorneys

"There is no reason State’s Attorneys should be exempt from public accountability. Their job is to represent the interests of the people of Connecticut. All of Connecticut: that includes incarcerated and...

Mar 10, 2021

Smart Justice testifies in support of strong Clean Slate

"Living a life with a criminal record has been a challenge I don’t think anyone can understand unless they’ve experienced it firsthand."

By Gus Marks-Hamilton

"Living a life with a criminal record has been a challenge I don’t think anyone can understand unless they’ve experienced it firsthand."

By Gus Marks-Hamilton

Mar 10, 2021

The death penalty showed why we need prosecutorial accountability.

History could keep repeating itself without rules to start holding state’s attorneys to commonsense best practices.

By Kelly McConney Moore

History could keep repeating itself without rules to start holding state’s attorneys to commonsense best practices.

By Kelly McConney Moore

Mar 8, 2021

State’s attorneys’ term lengths are extreme outliers in Connecticut and across the country

In our state, the top prosecutors in each judicial district go for eight years without any external oversight. A bill in the legislature could change that.

By Kelly McConney Moore

In our state, the top prosecutors in each judicial district go for eight years without any external oversight. A bill in the legislature could change that.

By Kelly McConney Moore

ACLUCT Smart Justice leader Sean Sellars is in the foreground, wearing a mask and baseball hat, looking toward the CT capitol building. In the background is the Connecticut capitol building and a blue sky.

Mar 4, 2021

Employment discrimination against people with a record is discrimination. It needs to end.

Connecticut needs to pass HB 6474.