SCJN Conference 2019 Agenda | Conference Speaker Biographies
Pretrial Improv
Trial Penalty: The Redeeming Value of the 6th Amendment
- Trial Penalty Presentation
- The Trial Penalty, NACDL
- NACDL News Release: Special Double Issue of Federal Sentencing Reporter on “The Trial Penalty”
- The Tyranny of the Trial Penalty: The Consensus that Coercive Plea Practices Must End, Federal Sentencing Reporter
Technology in the Criminal Justice System: Combatting 21st Century Surveillance
- Beyond the Algorithm Pretrial Reform, Risk Assessment, and Racial Fairness, Sarah Picard, Matt Watkins, Michael Rempel, and Ashmini Kerodal, Center for Court Innovation
- ‘We’ve Got One In The Sweep’ by Olivia Heffernan, The Appeal
- Pretrial Justice Infographic, JustLeadershipUSA
- July 27 2019 Police Encounter, Bronx, NY
Social Media Skills for the Savvy Advocate
The Impact on Women in the Criminal Justice System
- Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System, U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing held July 16, 2019
- Dignity For Incarcerated Women, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) policy adopted 2018 with input from NACDL
- The Sentence, directed by Rudy Valdez (watch the trailer)
- Televerde, the Arouet Foundation, and Second Chances for Women Coming Out of Incarceration - Episode 61, The Criminal Docket, NACDL
- Pamela Winn, Women in Dignity Act, Restore Her
Discovery: The Hidden Grail of Criminal Justice Reform
- New York Discovery Reform presentation
- Michael Morton Discovery Act presentation
- NACDL Model Open-file discovery law
- Supreme Court of Virginia adoption of new discovery rules, September 2018
- Article for Atticus (NYSACDL magazine), Spring 2019
- 2019-2020 State Budget (Criminal Justice Sections) (see the discovery statute at Article 245, page 134)
- Discovery Reform in Rhode Island
- “Blindfold” Off: New York Overhauls Pretrial Evidence Rules, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
- Perry Signs Michael Morton Act, Brandi Grissom, The Texas Tribune
- The Michael Morton Act, SB 1611 (TX)
- Towards More Transparent Justice: The Michael Morton Act’s First Year, Texas Appleseed and Texas Defender Service
- Major changes to Virginia pretrial discovery rules adopted by Virginia Supreme Court, effective next year, Frank Green, Richmond Times-Dispatch
- The Integrity of Our Convictions: Holding Stakeholders Accountable in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform by Barry Scheck, Georgetown Law Journal Annual Review of Criminal Procedure (2019)
Expungement: Strategies Beyond Ban the Box
- Clean Slate PA Presentation
- Pennsylvania Becomes First State to Clear Criminal Records Through Automation
- Clean Slate PA
- Clean Slate Resources from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- Convictions Impacting Sealing of PA Misdemeanors, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- Clean Slate Aftercare Handout, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- Expungement-Sealing Flow Chart, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award
- Presented to Jody Kent Lavy, Executive Director, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
- Learn more about the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Race and Juvenile Justice
- A Demand for Humanity: When They See Us and Police Coercion of Black Youth with Language and Learning Challenges by Jessica Feierman; Dr. Shameka Stanford, Howard University, Juvenile Law Center
- ‘We are the counter force’ by Community Legal Services Staff, Generocity
- Interview with Clint Smith: Racial Injustice and Youth Sentencing, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
- Theo Shaw, One of the Jena 6 Defendants, Has Officially Been Sworn in as a Lawyer, Because of Them We Can
The Fiscal Character Flaw of Crime & Punishment
- Can’t Pay, Can’t Vote: A National Survey on the Modern Poll Tax, Campaign Legal Center and Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic
- Opinion: Too Poor to Vote, by Danielle Lang and Thea Sebastian, The New York Times
Drug War Redux: Opioids
- Drug-Induced Homicide Toolkit, Valena Beety, Alex Kreit, Anne Boustead, Jeremiah Goulka, Leo Beletsky (see the most updated version)
- The Law (and Politics) of Safe Injection Facilities in the United States, Leo Beletsky, Corey S. Davis, Evan Anderson, and Scott Burris (read online)
- An Overdose Death Is Not Murder: Why Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Are Counterproductive and Inhumane, Drug Policy Alliance
- Municipal Drug Strategy: Lessons in Taking Drug Policy Reform Local, Drug Policy Alliance
- First Do No Harm: Advancing Public Health in Policing Practices, Vera Institute of Justice
16 Bars
- Learn more about the film
- To host a screening in your community, please contact SCREENINGS@16BARSthefilm.com
