All Cases

88 Court Cases
Court Case
Dec 30, 2024
In the Courts, ACLU OF New Jersey
  • Criminal Legal System

Romano v. Warden, FCI Fairton

Amicus brief challenging the federal government’s authority to remove people from their homes, jobs, and loved ones and remand them to federal prison absent any alleged violation or process.
Court Case
Oct 22, 2024
In the Courts, ACLU OF New Jersey
  • Speech, Privacy & Technology|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Salter

Geofence warrants violate the U.S. Constitution and the New Jersey Constitution because they lack probable cause and are overbroad.
Court Case
Dec 21, 2023
In the Courts, ACLU OF New Jersey
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +2 Issues

State Newsroom v. City of Jersey City

The issue in this case is whether New Jersey’s expungement statute bars public access to an internal affairs report concerning a police officer, because the report contains facts or documents common to expunged criminal records.
Court Case
Mar 09, 2022
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Comer II

Challenge to the constitutionality of mandatory sentences of thirty years in prison for children convicted of murder.
Court Case
Dec 15, 2021
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +2 Issues

Mitchell v. Parole Board

Amicus participation in appeal of parole denial for a prisoner with developmental disability.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2021
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Comer

Challenge to the constitutionality of the use of de facto sentences of life without parole for young people.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2021
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Zarate

Amicus brief addressing the sentencing of a 14-year-old convicted of murder.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2021
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

State v. Arroyo-Nuñez

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.
Court Case
Dec 08, 2021
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

Kevin Stout v. New Jersey Board of Parole

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