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Mar 21, 2014

You Have A Constitutional Right To Vote In New Hampshire If This State Is Your Home. New Hampshire Passed A Law Attacking This Right. We Sued.

In June 2012, the New Hampshire legislature, overriding Governor John Lynch’s veto, passed Senate Bill 318, which added language to New Hampshire’s voter registration form. The added language is far from...

Mar 14, 2014

Do Debtors’ Prisons Exist In New Hampshire? The NHCLU’s Efforts To End This Practice

The U.S. Constitution prohibits courts from jailing people for being too poor to pay their legal fines. This may be happening in New Hampshire anyway. This practice, which would effectively create debtors’...

Mar 13, 2014

NH House Strongly Passes Death Penalty Repeal

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Mar 7, 2014

Death Penalty Repeal Action at State House March 12

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Mar 7, 2014

Lucien Vincent v. Davina MacLean

An incarcerated man was denied transportation in order to appear for his small claims hearing to present written evidence. Instead, he conducted his hearing over telephone without any way to submit the...

Mar 5, 2014

Corro v. State of New Hampshire

A single mother of two was ordered to jail if she did not pay a fine she didn't have the means to pay. After spending a night in jail, the ACLU-NH filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus...