North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote
Capital Punishment
In 2009, North Carolina adopted the first-of-its-kind law called the Racial Justice Act. It allowed people on death row to challenge their sentences on the basis that race was a...
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Below is a list of some of our active and recent legal cases. Amicus briefs filed by the ACLU of North Carolina can be found here.
Capital Punishment
In 2009, North Carolina adopted the first-of-its-kind law called the Racial Justice Act. It allowed people on death row to challenge their sentences on the basis that race was a...
Attorneys with the ACLU have filed a brief supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight with North Carolina's top health official.
We have filed an amicus brief asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to recognize that incarcerated people can use habeas corpus to obtain relief from unconstitutional living conditions. Habeas corpus is a...
North Carolina farmworkers and a coalition of civil rights groups are challenging a state law that guts the ability of farmworkers to organize and make collective bargaining agreements with employers.