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ACLU Comment on Ala. House Health Committee’s Passage of Four Abortion Bills
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ACLU of Ala. Challenges Four Abortion Bills at House Committee Hearing
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ACLU of Alabama Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in Prisoner Religious Freedom Case
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ACLU Argues Federal Contraception Rule Does Not Violate EWTN’s Religious Exercise Rights
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ACLU and Planned Parenthood Argue in Court Against Alabama Abortion Restrictions
Unnecessary Restrictions Would Force Most Clinics in the State to Stop Providing Abortions
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ACLU of Alabama Comments on Justice Moore’s Letters to U.S. Governors
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ACLU Stops Suspicionless Home Searches in Etowah County, Alabama
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ACLU Comment on Alabamians’ Presidential Pardons, Clemency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 19, 2013
CONTACT: Brooke Anderson, ACLU of Alabama, 334-265-2754 ext. 205, [email protected]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The ACLU of Alabama applauds President Obama’s clemency grant and pardons for three Alabamians, each of whom were convicted on non-violent drug charges.
Below is a statement from Susan Watson, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama regarding President Obama’s clemency grant and pardons of three Alabamians:
“Life without parole sentences for non-violent offenses is cruel, inhumane and wasteful of human life and tax-payer dollars. We are pleased that President Obama has taken this important step to reversing the damage that has afflicted so many in the criminal justice system and we look forward to greater reform steps in the immediate future.”
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