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Mar 07, 2006
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Sex Offenders

Joining a nationwide chorus, the General Assembly passed harsh, costly and almost-certainly ineffective legislation to further punish sex offenders.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Self-Incrimination

Ignoring Affiliate objections that the bill would significantly erode the privilege against self-incrimination, the General Assembly has made it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test if he or she has been cited once before for not taking the test.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Prison Phone Calls

A new law, promoted by the ACLU, will limit the phone call charges that can be imposed on inmates.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mental Health Petitions

The ACLU, the R.I. Disability Law Center and the R.I. Council of Community Mental Health Organizations helped persuade the Governor to veto a bill that would have allowed the Mental Health Advocate to petition the court to involuntarily transfer inmates from the ACI to the custody of MHRH.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Sex Offenders

Joining a nationwide chorus, the General Assembly passed harsh, costly and almost-certainly ineffective legislation to further punish sex offenders.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mar 07, 2006
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Self-Incrimination

Ignoring Affiliate objections that the bill would significantly erode the privilege against self-incrimination, the General Assembly has made it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test if he or she has been cited once before for not taking the test.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mar 07, 2006
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Prison Phone Calls

A new law, promoted by the ACLU, will limit the phone call charges that can be imposed on inmates.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mental Health Petitions

The ACLU, the R.I. Disability Law Center and the R.I. Council of Community Mental Health Organizations helped persuade the Governor to veto a bill that would have allowed the Mental Health Advocate to petition the court to involuntarily transfer inmates from the ACI to the custody of MHRH.
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