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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Vega v. Tekoh that a person cannot sue a police officer under federal civil rights laws for violating their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by failing to provide a Miranda warning.
The Criminal Justice Commission today chose Patrick Griffin to become Connecticut’s next Chief State’s Attorney.
The Connecticut Senate today voted to approve a bill to prevent job licensure discrimination against people living with a record of arrest or conviction, H.B. 5248.
The following statement was issued by national American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero in response to reporting of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade:
Inspector General Robert Devlin announced that State Police trooper Brian North was arrested for killing Mubarak Soulemane in January 2020. Devlin also released a report into North’s killing of Soulemane. The following is a reaction from ACLU-CT public policy and advocacy director Claudine Constant.
Federal class-action lawsuit seeks to stop state from charging people for each day spent in prison.