ACLU Nebraska report: Omaha and Lincoln courts still creating modern-day 'debtor prisons'
ACLU of Nebraska reports that Omaha and Lincoln courts break rules on bail setting and make recommendations to improve.
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ACLU of Nebraska reports that Omaha and Lincoln courts break rules on bail setting and make recommendations to improve.
"We're not going to rest until freedom does not rely on how much money we currently have or have access to," said Mindy Rush Chipman of the ALCU of Nebraska.
The ACLU of Nebraska is launching a new Smart Justice ad campaign targeting communities and new lawmakers for the 2023 session.
"A number of legislatures have made the policy decision. And the Nebraska Legislature has considered legislative changes to parentage," Judge Ryan Post said, referring to LB1245, which was indefinitely postponed.
A Nebraska School District shut down an award-winning student newspaper three days after a LGBTQ-dedicated issue was published, but the superintendent denies the issue is the reason why. The ACLU of Nebraska is now demanding that the school restore its journalism program. Mindy Rush Chipman, the ACLU of Nebraska’s Legal Director, joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss.