The ACLU of Virginia welcomed this week’s federal court ruling that Virginia may not sentence juveniles convicted of offenses other than homicide to life without parole, and called on Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring to accept the court’s ruling rather than appeal it.

The McAuliffe administration announced the removal of the requirement that individuals with a felony conviction pay their fees, fines, and restitution costs before becoming eligible to have their voting rights restored.

In a unanimous decision about a case out of Charlottesville,Va, the United States Supreme Court found that the Controlled Substance Act and its Analogue Act require the government to prove that the defendant knew he was distributing a substance that is substantially similar to a regulated substance.

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court against the Fairfax County Police Department for unlawfully storing massive amounts of license plate data collected using automatic license plate readers.

The ACLU of Virginia today questioned Governor McAuliffe’s decision to veto SB 965 and HB 1673 and promised that the organization will file suit to ensure compliance with Virginia’s current law regulating the collection and storage by government agencies of personal information about Virginians.