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Helping Youth Move Forward: Bill Would Keep Juvenile Records Confidential

Vanessa Hernandez, ACLU-WA Staff Attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 8:46 am
Since the turn of the century, juvenile courts have been separate from adult courts. The goal of juvenile courts, as the Supreme Court recognized over 50 years ago, is to determine how to rehabilitate juveniles and “save [them] from a downward career.” To further these goals, juvenile court records have historically been shielded from public view. This system allows juveniles to enter adulthood without being publicly labeled as criminals. Read More »
 
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Final Settlement of Lawsuit Protects Amazon Users’ Privacy and Free Speech Rights

February 9, 2011
The final settlement of a lawsuit in which the ACLU intervened will protect the privacy of what customers read, view, and listen to via their purchases on Amazon.com.  Read More »
 
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Court Upholds Amazon Users’ Privacy and Free Speech Rights

October 26, 2010
In a victory for privacy and free speech on the Internet, a federal court emphasized  that government officials cannot watch over our shoulders to see what we are buying and reading. Read More »
 

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