Our legal team is constantly working on critical cases across the state. Below, you can find some of the cases we have been a part of.
We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.
On October 30, 2023, we filed an amicus brief along with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for...
The ACLU-CO sued the City of Pueblo to stop enforcement of a harmful new law prohibiting the operation of syringe exchange programs (SEPs) within city limits.
The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether the election map adopted by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners must comply with the Colorado state redistricting statutes.
In 2022, as part of our Systemic Equality Agenda, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging Boulder’s ordinance that criminalizes the city’s unhoused residents by making it a crime to sleep...
We argue that under the 287(g) Program, at the request of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), the Sheriff unlawfully prolongs the detention of people who are incarcerated who are otherwise...