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In Delaware, the chief prosecutor is the Attorney General—the only law enforcement official elected by the voters.

With 5 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the world’s prison population, it is easy to see that the U.S. has a mass incarceration problem. Delaware is part of that problem. That's why the Campaign for Smart Justice is working to cut the prison population in half.

In response to the tragic shooting last month at their school, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida have inspired high school students across the country to take action. They are leading a movement to fight for gun safety measures that affect young people inside and outside of schools. Some students are learning for the first time that their voices matter and that they can affect public policy.These students join a long history of protest by young people in America. From the revolution through abolition and the civil rights movement, teenagers have often organized to change America for the better. Barbara Johns was 16 when she led her fellow African American high school students in a walkout to protest the inequality of segregated schools, one of the first sparks in a movement for change. Mary Beth Tinker was 13 when she wore a black armband to school in protest of the United States' involvement in Vietnam.

This post is part of our Spring 2018 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

All Delaware schools are on notice: don’t infringe on your students’ first amendment right to religious freedom, or we will take action.

This post is part of our Winter 2017 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

Giving Tuesday is November 28, 2017. Join ACLU-DE in supporting voting reform and civil rights throughout the state by eating at one of your favorite restaurants!

Check out what you might have missed at this year's annual Kandler Awards Dinner.

This post is part of our Fall 2017 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.