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14 Court Cases
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Aug 06, 2024
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State v. Tulloch

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Mar 14, 2022
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Perry v. Spencer, et al.

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Apr 27, 2021
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Appeal of New Hampshire Department of Safety

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Dec 21, 2016
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Y.F. et al. v. NH Department of Corrections

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) and the law firm Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a mail policy imposed by the NHDOC that prohibits prisoners from receiving original drawings and greeting cards.
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Oct 17, 2016
Blind Justice
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Modern-Day Debtors’ Prisons

The U.S. Constitution and New Hampshire state law prohibit courts from jailing people for being too poor to pay their legal fines, but local courts throughout New Hampshire have been doing it anyway.
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Sep 21, 2015
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Estate of Hagen Esty-Lennon v. New Hampshire

On September 1, 2015, the ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief in support of the disclosure to the Valley News, the Union Leader Corporation, and Hearst Properties, Inc. (including WMUR-TV) of the four (4) videos depicting the events surrounding the fatal police shooting of Hagen Esty-Lennon.
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Feb 12, 2015
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Doe v. State of New Hampshire

This case challenges the registration requirement for those sex offenders who completed their sentence before the registry went into effect; the NH Supreme Court held that the law's retroactive, lifetime registration requirements were “punitive in effect” and therefore unconstitutional.
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Aug 29, 2014
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  • Smart Justice

State of New Hampshire v. Soto et al.

The ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief asking the NH Supreme Court to end the practice of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole ("JLWOP") and arguing that a US Supreme Court decision apply retroactively to four New Hampshire children sentenced to JLWOP.
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Jul 14, 2014
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Vaughan v. State of New Hampshire

Richard Vaughan was jailed for failing to pay a fine — a fine he simply had no ability to pay because he is poor. The ACLU-NH filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus and secured his release.
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Aug 06, 2024
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Aug 06, 2024
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State v. Tulloch

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Mar 14, 2022
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Mar 14, 2022
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Perry v. Spencer, et al.

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Apr 27, 2021
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Apr 27, 2021
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Appeal of New Hampshire Department of Safety

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Court Case
Dec 21, 2016
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Court Case
Dec 21, 2016
  • First Amendment|
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Y.F. et al. v. NH Department of Corrections

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) and the law firm Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a mail policy imposed by the NHDOC that prohibits prisoners from receiving original drawings and greeting cards.
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Court Case
Oct 17, 2016
Blind Justice
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Oct 17, 2016
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Modern-Day Debtors’ Prisons

The U.S. Constitution and New Hampshire state law prohibit courts from jailing people for being too poor to pay their legal fines, but local courts throughout New Hampshire have been doing it anyway.
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Court Case
Sep 21, 2015
Blind Justice
Court Case
Sep 21, 2015
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Estate of Hagen Esty-Lennon v. New Hampshire

On September 1, 2015, the ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief in support of the disclosure to the Valley News, the Union Leader Corporation, and Hearst Properties, Inc. (including WMUR-TV) of the four (4) videos depicting the events surrounding the fatal police shooting of Hagen Esty-Lennon.
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Feb 12, 2015
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Feb 12, 2015
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Doe v. State of New Hampshire

This case challenges the registration requirement for those sex offenders who completed their sentence before the registry went into effect; the NH Supreme Court held that the law's retroactive, lifetime registration requirements were “punitive in effect” and therefore unconstitutional.
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Court Case
Aug 29, 2014
Blind Justice
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Aug 29, 2014
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State of New Hampshire v. Soto et al.

The ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief asking the NH Supreme Court to end the practice of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole ("JLWOP") and arguing that a US Supreme Court decision apply retroactively to four New Hampshire children sentenced to JLWOP.
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Jul 14, 2014
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Jul 14, 2014
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Vaughan v. State of New Hampshire

Richard Vaughan was jailed for failing to pay a fine — a fine he simply had no ability to pay because he is poor. The ACLU-NH filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus and secured his release.
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