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ACLU to hold Karen McDonald accountable following pledge to help end mass incarceration and racism in the criminal legal system
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DETROIT - Today the ACLU of Michigan and Voting Access for All Coalition sent letters to sheriffs in Michigan reiterating the right to vote for people who are incarcerated statewide and awaiting trial.
State law was declared unconstitutional resulting in over a hundred released back to their communities; settlement requires access to rehabilitative programming and sets timeline for resentencing and opportunity for release for all youth whose sentences were ruled to be unconstitutional