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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Workers’ Rights

Right to Travel

The General Assembly approved legislation barring residency requirements for municipal employees.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Voting Rights

Felon Voting

In a major victory for civil rights, the General Assembly approved sending to the voters in November 2006 a proposed constitutional amendment to restore the right to vote to felons upon release from incarceration.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Voting Rights

Voting by Non-Residents

ACLU intervention helped kill a bill that would have authorized the Town of Westerly to allow non-resident property owners to vote in certain town elections and serve on the Town’s finance board.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Students’ Rights

Student Interrogations

The General Assembly approved an ACLU bill setting standards for police interrogation of students in public schools.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Students’ Rights

Truancy

The Senate took no action on a House-passed bill to give school districts the power to disenroll any student they deemed to be a “habitual truant” if the school claimed it could not reach the child’s parents.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Criminal Justice

Death Penalty

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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Criminal Justice

Sex Offender Notification

In a civil liberties defeat, the General Assembly passed a bill significantly expanding the number of sex offenders whose names and photos will be posted on a state web site for public viewing.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Criminal Justice

Custodial Interrogation

In another unfortunate civil liberties loss, the House defeated a bill that would have required police to record most interrogations of suspects charged with capital offenses.
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Mar 07, 2005
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  • Criminal Justice

Criminal Sentencing

The Senate took no action on a bill approved by the House that would have doubled the criminal penalties for various drug crimes if committed within 300 yards of a public college or university.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Workers’ Rights

Right to Travel

The General Assembly approved legislation barring residency requirements for municipal employees.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Voting Rights

Felon Voting

In a major victory for civil rights, the General Assembly approved sending to the voters in November 2006 a proposed constitutional amendment to restore the right to vote to felons upon release from incarceration.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Voting Rights

Voting by Non-Residents

ACLU intervention helped kill a bill that would have authorized the Town of Westerly to allow non-resident property owners to vote in certain town elections and serve on the Town’s finance board.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Students’ Rights

Student Interrogations

The General Assembly approved an ACLU bill setting standards for police interrogation of students in public schools.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Students’ Rights

Truancy

The Senate took no action on a House-passed bill to give school districts the power to disenroll any student they deemed to be a “habitual truant” if the school claimed it could not reach the child’s parents.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
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Death Penalty

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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Criminal Justice

Sex Offender Notification

In a civil liberties defeat, the General Assembly passed a bill significantly expanding the number of sex offenders whose names and photos will be posted on a state web site for public viewing.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Criminal Justice

Custodial Interrogation

In another unfortunate civil liberties loss, the House defeated a bill that would have required police to record most interrogations of suspects charged with capital offenses.
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Mar 07, 2005
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Mar 07, 2005
  • Criminal Justice

Criminal Sentencing

The Senate took no action on a bill approved by the House that would have doubled the criminal penalties for various drug crimes if committed within 300 yards of a public college or university.
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