Scottsboro Boys Exonerated, But Troubling Legacy Remains for Black Men

Submitted by ACLU of Nevada on November 21, 2013

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole's posthumous pardon today of the last of the black men wrongly convicted of the rape of two white women 82 years ago in Scottsboro, Alabama seems to write the final chapter of a sorry story that epitomizes the racial injustice and procedural unfairness that dominated the criminal justice system in the United States in the beginning of the last century. It would be difficult to concoct a process more unfair from beginning to end.

How Many Nevadans are Serving a “Living Death” for Nonviolent Offenses? NDOC Won’t Say

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2013

LAS VEGAS, NV – In the first-ever study of people serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses in the United States, the ACLU found that at least 3,278 prisoners fit this category in federal and state prisons combined.

Senate Passes Landmark Measure to Protect LGBT Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2013

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada praises a United States Senate vote today, November 7, to pass the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The final vote was 64 to 32. Both of Nevada’s Senators, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) voted to pass ENDA.

ACLU of Nevada Praises Senate Vote to Protect LGBT Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2013

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada praises the United States Senate cloture vote today, November 4, to begin debate on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Both of Nevada’s Senators, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) voted for cloture on ENDA.

“Employees should be judged solely on their ability to do the job for which they were hired. With the vote on cloture in the Senate today, ENDA moves one step closure to becoming reality. With their votes in favor of cloture, Nevada’s Senators Reid and Heller acknowledge the importance of employee job performance, not the immutable traits of the employee. While many states do not protect LGBT employees, Nevada has lead the nation with ENDA protections since 1999, and expanded them to include gender identity in 2011,” said Tod Story, ACLU of Nevada Executive Director.

Civil Liberties at the 2013 Nevada Legislature

November 1, 2013

The ACLU of Nevada's 2013 Legislative Report highlights the major victories and losses of the 2013 legislative session from a civil liberties perspective.

In the 2013 session of the Nevada legislature, the ACLU of Nevada tracked nearly 200 bills with an eye toward preventing violations of civil liberties and expanding upon our current rights.