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The ACLU of Minnesota applauds the Minnesota Board of Pardons’ decision to commute Myon Burrell’s sentence and to immediately release him from prison, and we urge the board to grant him a full pardon.
Waseca prison Warden M. Starr and Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal are refusing to release medically vulnerable people and failing to provide adequate health care or sanitation, according to the lawsuit by the ACLU of Minnesota and Ballard Spahr LLP.
The ACLU of Minnesota applauds the passage of the Safety for All Budget Plan by the Minneapolis City Council’s budget committee, and we urge the entire City Council tonight to approve the SFA plan and budget as amended, and Mayor Frey to approve it.
The City of Worthington has agreed to pay $590,000 and make several policing reforms following a police assault that left the victim in intensive care.
Statement from ACLU-MN on the 2021 Minneapolis Budget
The ACLU of Minnesota is taking concerted action today to protect voting rights and ensure every vote is counted, and to reassure Minnesotans that delayed results are not a cause for alarm.