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Study on Murder Cases in Clark County Completed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV - The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada thanks Dr. Terance Miethe of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada—Las Vegas, for conducting a study on defense attorney time spent on murder cases in Clark County, and also Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani for having commissioned the study by Dr. Miethe. Dr. Miethe observes that defense costs associated with capital cases are $170,000 to $212,000 higher than in those cases where the death penalty is not sought.

Domestic Partner Benefits Approved by Public Employees’ Benefits Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV – The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada commends the Nevada’s Public Employees’ Benefits Program Board for its unanimous decision on March 29, 2012, to approve the same subsidy for health insurance for domestic partners of public employees as it does for spouses.

ACLU of Nevada Makes Use-of-Force Policy Recommendations to Metro

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada today presented the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department with written recommendations for changes in its use-of-force policy.

Today’s communication follows a March 21, 2012 meeting between the ACLU of Nevada, Sheriff Doug Gillespie and other Metro officials, the NAACP of Las Vegas, and new Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, at which the ACLU of Nevada presented Metro with a preliminary draft of its recommendations during a long and wide-ranging meeting.

Trayvon Martin Killing a Horrendous Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2012

At the ACLU of Nevada, our staff and board has been following all of the events of the Trayvon Martin killing and its aftermath with deep concern. We also know that these events have received substantial attention from Nevada’s news media and Nevadans generally. The ACLU of Nevada supports the work of our colleagues at the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, other civil rights organizations and leaders, and the general public in responding to this event.

Minority Students in Nevada Public Schools Overrepresented in Discipline, Underrepresented in Advanced Math and Science Courses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV – Statistics released on March 6, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education, reveal that minority students in Nevada receive disproportionate disciplinary sanctions and are underrepresented in advanced math and science classes.

Review-Journal Chosen to Receive ACLU of Nevada’s Emilie Wanderer Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada is pleased to announce that the team of reporters, editors, photographers and others who produced the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s five-part investigative series, “Deadly Force: When Las Vegas Police Shoot, and Kill,” has been chosen as this year’s Emilie Wanderer Civil Libertarian of the Year award recipients.

Nevada Equal Rights Commission Shirks Responsibility to Redress Student Discrimination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV - The Nevada Equal Rights Commission on Friday dismissed a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada for NERC to issue a declaratory order confirming that it has jurisdiction over claims of discrimination in Nevada’s public schools because state law classifies education institutions as “public accommodations.” (NERC already exercises jurisdiction over discrimination in public accommodations.)

Third Ballot Initiative to Restrict Women’s Health Care Challenged in Nevada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2012

LAS VEGAS – A group of registered Nevada voters today filed a lawsuit challenging a proposed ballot initiative that could ban abortion care, common forms of birth control and in-vitro fertilization. The voters are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Nevada, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Griffin, Rowe & Nave, LLP.

ACLU of Nevada and NAACP of Las Vegas Submit Petition to U.S. Justice Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the NAACP of Las Vegas on Friday submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Justice calling for the federal department to conduct a “patterns and practices” investigation of the Metropolitan Las Vegas Police Department.

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