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NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and the Policing Project at New York University School of Law released a new report today concluding that the United States’ “current approach to traffic safety has failed to reduce roadway deaths, while imposing significant financial and human costs on communities,” while offering new policy recommendations to lawmakers, according to an ACLU article.

Allison Saeng via Unsplash NEW YORK, N.Y. — According to an ACLU report published April 14, 2026, Kimberlee Williams, an Oklahoma resident, was wrongly jailed after Maryland police relied on faulty facial recognition software that falsely identified her as the perpetrator of a bank robbery in a state she had never visited.

LOUISIANA — Advocates are raising alarm over a recently passed bill in the Louisiana House of Representatives that they say would criminalize homelessness and impose punitive measures on unhoused people, according to a press release from the Housing Not Handcuffs campaign.

San Francisco Hall of Justice – Photo by David M. Greenwald SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A San Francisco County Superior Court jury found a Black man not guilty Thursday after a two-month trial stemming from a 2024 stabbing and robbery case, leading to his release after more than 18 months in county jail while exculpatory DNA evidence allegedly sat in the investigating officer’s inbox for much of that time.

Getty Images via Unsplash The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a change in its accounting. From now on, when the agency decides whether to regulate mercury, soot, and smog, it will no longer count the benefits of saving lives. The asthma attacks that don’t happen. The heart attacks that don’t kill. The premature deaths that don’t occur. The children who grow up with lungs that work. The elderly who breathe air that doesn’t choke them.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced the opening of a new multilevel, state-of-the-art learning center known as the Media Center, expanding rehabilitation and reentry programming at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center through multimedia training opportunities for incarcerated people.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Donor Table, a statewide progressive donor network rooted in communities of color, issued a statement Monday calling for survivor-centered accountability after Congressman Eric Swalwell resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives and suspended his California gubernatorial campaign amid sexual assault allegations from multiple women.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday disbarred attorney John Charles Eastman after finding him culpable on 10 of 11 charges involving egregious and deceitful conduct tied to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, marking a significant moment of legal accountability, according to the State Bar of California.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union on Sunday released a statement condemning Kansas lawmakers for overriding gubernatorial vetoes last week, arguing the measures represent a sweeping attack on the rights of Kansans. Among the bills enacted was HB 2437, known as the SAVE Kansas Act. According to the statement, the law creates new barriers to voting by expanding interference with voter registration efforts and making it harder for eligible residents to participate in elections.

WOODLAND, Calif. — During a trial-setting conference in Yolo County Superior Court before Judge Stephen L. Mock, proceedings raised concerns about prolonged delays for the accused after the prosecution said it planned to refile charges following an extended period of inaction. The issue became clear when the judge asked how the defense wished to proceed.