Court Cases

Amicus brief arguing that the state needs expert witnesses to explain to juries the limits of using cell phone towers to locate suspects at crime scenes.

Challenge to the constitutionality of mandatory sentences of thirty years in prison for children convicted of murder.

Amicus participation in appeal of parole denial for a prisoner with developmental disability.

Challenge to the constitutionality of the use of de facto sentences of life without parole for young people.

Amicus brief addressing the sentencing of a 14-year-old convicted of murder.

A case in which the court is asked if it has authority to grant a joint motion to resentence a defendant to remove the mandatory minimum portion of his sentence.

Appeal of Parole Board’s decision denying parole because a person "lacks insight into his criminal behavior" that occurred four decades.

Amicus brief addressing the standard required for stopping a person on the street, based largely on the character of a neighborhood.

In this novel case, the ACLU-NJ argued that the State’s unlawful and racial use of its law enforcement power against a qualified Black potential juror, by running a criminal background check on him and later having him arrested from the courthouse on a municipal warrant.