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Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel is prosecuting people for exercising their First Amendment rights by charging protesters with serious felony offenses aimed at suppressing the movement against police violence. It is blatant overreach and she must answer for it.

When prosecuted for simple marijuana possession in Maricopa County, Hispanic people are sentenced to significantly longer jail and prisons sentences than their white and Black counterparts.

There is so much at stake this November. Our civil liberties are on the line in races up and down the ballot. The ACLU of Arizona is invested in one local race in particular, the race for Maricopa County Attorney.

There is so much at stake this November. Our civil liberties are on the line in races up and down the ballot.

Hundreds of thousands of lives have been upended due to simple marijuana possession.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona today expressed its deep sorrow over the death of ACLU of Arizona co-founder Alice Bendheim, who died Saturday evening. Bendheim, who turned 90 years old on August 9th, became of a member of the ACLU in Arizona in 1954.

In 2018, we did a simple but radical thing: asked a prosecutor to tell us how their office runs.

At a time when Arizonans are calling for more transparency from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, Director David Shinn silently changed ADCRR’s media policy making it far more difficult for incarcerated people to talk to reporters.

Governor Ducey has repeatedly stated that his approach to this public health crisis will be informed by public health experts but actions speak louder than words.