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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:13:59 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Releasing people from prison is about humanity — during the pandemic and after it]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2022/03/14/releasing-people-prison-about-humanity-during-pandemic-and-a</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Early releases from prison in NJ — projected at over 8,000 from March 2020 to March 2022 — saved lives and showed the urgent need for decarceration. Recidivism rates were also lower.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:13:59 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU of New Jersey Calls for Total Ban on Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2022/03/10/aclu-new-jersey-calls-total-ban-use-facial-recognition-techn</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[In comments to the NJ Attorney General, ACLU-NJ and partners caution against the uniquely dangerous threats to civil liberties and racial justice that facial recognition technology poses. ]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Racial Justice Groups Rally for Legislative Action on Key Issues]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/12/20/racial-justice-groups-rally-legislative-action-key-issues</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Lame duck session has failed to address challenges facing people of color in New Jersey]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:34:26 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ Provides Recommendations on Jury Selection in NJ, Calls for Systemic Changes to Address Impact of Racial Bias]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/11/10/aclu-nj-provides-recommendations-jury-selection-nj-calls-sys</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The ACLU-NJ submitted comments to the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, calling for significant changes to root out racial bias in the jury selection process so it can be more inclusive and reflective of New Jersey communities.  ]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:20:37 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ Announces Formation of New Jersey Communities for Accountable Policing, a Statewide Grassroots Coalition]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/10/28/aclu-nj-announces-formation-new-jersey-communities-accountab</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[New Jersey Communities for Accountable Policing (NJ-CAP) is working to place power with communities, not police, and includes more than a dozen advocacy groups from around the state ]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Report: New Jersey Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prisons are Worst in the Nation]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/10/19/report-new-jersey-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-prisons-are</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[New report From The Sentencing Project shows Black residents in New Jersey are incarcerated at a rate over twelve times that of whites, higher than the national average.]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:09:54 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ and Garden State Equality to County Jails: Follow the Law and House Transgender People According to Gender Identity]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/09/02/aclu-nj-and-garden-state-equality-county-jails-follow-law-an</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Advocates remind facilities of obligations under Law Against Discrimination and urge adoption of new policy]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Advocates Praise Equity Program and Reasonable License Fees in NJ’s First Cannabis Regulations, and Call for Equity Applicant Status and Guidance for Municipalities]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/08/19/advocates-praise-equity-program-and-reasonable-license-fees</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[First cannabis regulations in NJ make important strides for equity that advocates hope to build on.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:34:25 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Win in Juror Discrimination Case Recognizes Harm of Implicit Bias]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/07/13/win-juror-discrimination-case-recognizes-harm-implicit-bias</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The ACLU-NJ's brief argued that improperly singling out a Black juror for a background check further distorts our criminal-legal system.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:17:50 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ Statement on Conditional Veto of Mandatory Minimums Bill]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/04/19/aclu-nj-statement-conditional-veto-mandatory-minimums-bill</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The ACLU-NJ issued the following statement in light of Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of a bill eliminating some mandatory minimums, and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s issuance of a new directive related to mandatory sentences.]]></description>
                    <author>koh@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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