News & Commentary

Recently, we welcomed students and faculty from Bayard Middle School, as well as representatives from Widener Law School as special guests for our Annual Meeting. The topic of discussion? Bayard's exciting new youth court program, which will officially launch at the beginning of this school year.

The Sixth Amendment Center's report on access to counsel in Delaware's criminal courts illustrates widespread deficiencies in the public defender system. Learn the details and find out what ACLU-DE is doing to remedy the problem.

Read the ACLU of Delaware's response to the Sixth Amendment Center's report on access to counsel in Delaware's criminal courts.

Not only do marijuana possession laws disproportionately harm minority populations, they are also expensive. It’s time to refocus our resources in Delaware and end the failed War on Marijuana.

It’s been an exciting year for the ACLU. We argued an extraordinary six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and won four, including the all-important invalidated patents on two human genes associated with increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Read more about our local and national efforts.

Use of the death penalty is decreasing. Read about this and more in the 2013 year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center.

The Delaware Center for Justice is interested in the experiences and the needs of these pretrial detainees. If you're interested in sharing your story, call 302-658-7174 x40 or email [email protected] with your name, phone number, and the best time to contact you.

The Delaware Repeal Project has made great strides in the past year, but there is still more work to do. Read about our progress here.

ACLU National recently released the results of a nationwide study on marijuana arrests. While there were varying results for each state, the arrest data revealed one nationally consistent trend: significant racial bias.