The Gang Loitering Ordinance

The ACLU sponsors this wide open debate on Chicago's gang loitering ordinance. Included is the text of the ordinance and the Supreme Court decision.

WORTH READING
Dorothy Roberts of Northwestern Law School discusses the problems with the ordinance in detail.

Richard Kimble of John Marshall Law School discusses the loitering ordinance

Lewis Yablonsky, one of the most important figures in gangs research from the 1950s, is still speaking his mind. Here he speaks out on the dangers in Chicago's gang loitering ordinance.

The National Youth Gang Center lists legislation on gangs by state, by subject, and by municipal code

The US Code defines "criminal gangs."

This site has information on gang injunctions, particularly in Los Angeles

The ACLU's Home Page

Here is a story in a law journal of how profiling by law enforcement officials led to an acquittal.

Supreme Court Decisions On-Line (from 1990)

The US Sentencing Commission has statistics and reports on various topics including disparites between crack and powder cocaine and mandatory minimums.

For profiles of the men and women unjustly treated by mandatory minimum sentences, go the the homepage of Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Innocence Clinics

University of Wisconsin Remington Center

Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions

John Marshall Law School