News & Commentary

The collateral consequences involved with a criminal conviction are often long lasting and disproportionately impact lower income people.

Sarah Plavcan is a first year student at Harvard law School, interning at the ACLU. Read her op-ed, originally published in the News Journal about why House Bill 386, creating criminal penalties for bullying would be ineffective and may do more harm than good.

Lee Stephenson never sold drugs, but he is a convicted drug dealer. Read this article to learn more.

Corie Priest has never smoked marijuana but was sentenced to 2 years due to mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

No officers will be prosecuted for the death of Jeremy McDole. The ACLU of Delaware calls on the City of Wilmington to institute immediate and comprehensive police training and reforms.

Collateral consequences know no bounds. Meet Christian Caldwell and learn how they have affected his life.

Are you aware of the collateral consequences someone can face, just from 6 months of probation? Read Tamarr's story here.

This post is part of our Spring 2016 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

From the Executive Director's Notes of the Fall 2015 issue of Connection, read about the impact of #blacklivesmatter on structural racism in our society.