Publication
Mar 1, 2014
VA Trap Law (1160x775)

Virginia's Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers: The Attempt to Regulation Abortion out of Existence

TRAP laws are one of the regulatory initiatives the purpose of which is to eliminate all access to legal abortions by making it physically or economically impossible for doctors and clinics to provide these services. Learn more about Virginia's use of TRAP to outlaw abortion.
Publication
May 15, 2011
Fair Redistricting in Va (1160x775)
  • Voting Rights

Fair Redistricting in Virginia (2011)

This report examines local redistricting in Virginia from the viewpoint of racial fairness. You will find inside a brief history of redistricting in Virginia over the last thirty years and tips on how you can have an impact on redistricting today.
Publication
Jun 29, 2009
Attorney Fees and Buckhannon (1160x775)

Attorney's Fees and Buckhannon

How the Supreme Court (with help from the Fourth Circuit) erected a formidable barrier to certain civil rights litigation
Publication
Sep 12, 2006
Equal Justice & Fair Play (1160x775)
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Equal Justice and Fair Play: An Assessment of the Capital Justice System in Virginia

If we are to maintain a system of capital punishment, it is time for Virginia to carefully examine that system to assure that all findings of guilt and punishment are accurate, are as just as possible, and are consistent across the Commonwealth.
Publication
Feb 15, 2006
All About the USA Patriot Act (1160x775)
  • Criminal Legal Reform

All about the Patriot Act: A Manual for Activists

This manual explains key provisions of the PATRIOT Act for those who want to understand it better and especially for those who want to use that knowledge to change it.
Publication
Nov 30, 2003
Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Virginia (1160x775)
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Virginia

The most important lesson in this report – and it comes through loud and clear– is that Virginia’s criminal justice system is crippled by procedures that fail to ensure a reliable determination of guilt or innocence.
Publication
May 15, 2003
Accountable to No One (1160x775)
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Accountable to No One: The Virginia Department of Corrections and Prisoner Medical Care

We began this study with the idea of analyzing government documents to shed light on a health care institution that we only knew through anecdotes. What we discovered was that bad attitudes, bad laws and bad policies make getting to the bottom of health care in prison an arduous and impossible task.
Publication
May 15, 2001
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  • Voting Rights

Fair Redistricting in Virginia (2001)

Every voter has a vital stake in redistricting because it determines the composition of districts that elect public officials at every level of government. This report examines local redistricting in Virginia from the viewpoint of racial fairness.
Publication
Dec 15, 2000
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Unequal, Unfair and Irreversible: The Death Penalty in Virginia

This report casts a dark shadow over Virginia, a shadow that will not be dispelled so long as individuals are charged, tried, and executed under the existing system for administering the death penalty here. It is time to do something about that.