Press Releases

Community Leaders and Advocates to Host Press Conference Urging Fair Redistricting in Baltimore County

The coalition is calling on the Commission to adopt a legally compliant and community-driven “3-1-5” map that ensures fair representation for Black and Brown residents across the county.

Family Members, ACLU Hail Maryland Audit, Urge Governor to Include Community in Medical Examiner Task Force

Audit confirms decades-long pattern of evidence suppression by Maryland Office of Chief Medical Examiner in police killings of Anton Black, Tyrone West, and others.

Maryland Enacts Second Look Act, Offering a Path to Reconsider Long Prison Sentences

Maryland officially enacted the Second Look Act (HB 853), an important step to giving incarcerated individuals sentenced as emerging adults a meaningful opportunity to seek sentence modification after demonstrating their rehabilitation and transformation.

ACLU of Maryland and Advocates Urge Senate to Pass the Second Look Act (HB 853)

The ACLU of Maryland is calling on state legislators to vote in favor of the Maryland Second Look Act (HB 853)

Calvert Sheriff Agrees to Produce Overdue Policing Records Free-of-Charge

Calvert Sheriff Agrees to Produce Overdue Policing Records Free-of-Charge, Pay Legal Fees to ACLU, After Appeals Court Rejects Government Position as “Sheer Nonsense”

Question E Victory Gives Baltimoreans New Voice in Police Accountability

Question E Ratification Secures Local Control of BPD, After a 12-year Campaign

Civil Rights Organizations Defending Public Education for Baltimore City Schoolchildren Respond to Maryland Appellate Court’s Recent Ruling

On November 12, the Appellate Court of Maryland dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of families with children in Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) challenging the State’s chronic failure to provide sufficient funding to ensure the city’s students receive an adequate education.

Federal Court Blocks University of Maryland’s Unconstitutional ‘Expressive Event’ Ban

ACLU, FIRE, and Knight Institute say decision is an important victory for students’ First Amendment rights
Issue Areas: Free Speech, Racial Justice

Free Speech Organizations Urge University of Maryland to Lift Unconstitutional ‘Expressive Event’ Ban

In Friend-of-the-Court Brief, ACLU, FIRE, and Knight Institute Argue UMD’s 10/7 Expressive Event Ban Violates Students’ First Amendment Rights
Issue Areas: Free Speech, Racial Justice