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Jeffrey Mittman, Executive Director of ACLU of Missouri, issued the following statement regarding the Missouri General Assembly passing government-issued photo ID legislation that could make it harder for up to 200,000 Missourians to vote:

Jeffrey Mittman, Executive Director of ACLU of Missouri, issued the following statement after anti-LGBT bill SJR 39 was defeated in the Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee:

For the second time in six months, the ACLU of Missouri filed suit on behalf of a woman that was shackled, chained and transported hundreds of miles while in active labor with a high-risk pregnancy. Today, Tara Rhodes sued Mississippi County and seven Mississippi County Detention Center (MCDC) correctional officers for the cruel and unusual punishment that ultimately caused the death of her baby.

Repeated Requests by Harper Family for Records Related to Unsolved Shooting Go Unanswered

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Late yesterday afternoon, the Circuit Court of Cole County affirmed its rulings in two separate cases that the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC) knowingly violated the Sunshine Law by failing to release the name of the pharmacy that supplies its execution drugs (The Reporters Committee, et al v. Missouri Department of Corrections) and refusing to release uncensored documents regarding the state’s execution witness selection protocol (ACLU of Missouri, et al v. Missouri Department of Corrections). In both cases, the MODOC was ordered to release the previously requested documents and to pay applicable fees and penalties.

Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the ACLU of Missouri, issued the following statement regarding the Ferguson City Council's unanimous vote to accept the U.S. Department of Justice's consent decree:

 My sister is a moderate Democrat. My mom is a Republican. They had the same reaction when I told them