Connections » ACLU http://mtconnections.org Working towards any positive change! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Major Civil Liberties Policy Advances For D.C…. http://mtconnections.org/archives/355 http://mtconnections.org/archives/355#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:07:22 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/355 President Obama, on December 15th, signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill, legislation that includes several positive civil liberties provisions for the District of Columbia including removal of a ban on financial aid for low-income women to receive abortions, expanded benefits for domestic partnerships and an end to D.C.’s discriminatory school voucher program.

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In the United States, approximately 2,570 children are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 have been sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison without a second chance and an opportunity for release.


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