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A new Quinnipiac poll revealed that huge majorities of Connecticut voters support moves to reduce penalties for non-violent drug offenses as well as allowing terminally ill people the option of hastening their deaths with the aid of a physician.
Police could closely track the movements of millions of innocent Connecticut drivers under a bill that would allow authorities to keep license plate scans for five years, David McGuire, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, told the state legislature's Public Safet
Responding to objections from the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, the Meriden City Council has changed a proposed rule on comments from members of the public at its meetings.
In testimony before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, the ACLU of Connecticut called for oversight on how law enforcement officers use drones for surveillance, as well as how they patrol schools, accept complaints about misconduct and treat people taking photographs and videos of police activity
Exempting the employment records of probation officers from release to certain individuals would constitute an unnecessary erosion of the Freedom of Information Act, Andrew Schneider, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, told a legislative committee on Wednesday.
The Meriden City Council has been discussing a new rule that would prohibit members of the public "from using offensive or abusive language and personally attacking any public officials" at council meetings, a prohibition that the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut warned would be "bla