State-Level Letters & Testimony

Seeking to promote rational and humane criminal justice policies for America, NACDL advocates before state government agencies. Below, please find official letters and testimony submitted to state governments and agencies on behalf of NACDL.

 

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    Coalition Letter to CA Assembly Appropriations on More Discretion in Drug Sentencing (August 2021)

    Coalition letter to the California Assembly Appropriations Committee regarding a proposal to repeal mandatory minimums and allow for more judicial discretion in sentencing for certain drug offenses, as outlined in SB 73 (2020).
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    Letter to NY State Legislature on Proposals to Fully Implement Appellate Rights (May 2021)

    NACDL President Chris Adams' letter to the New York state legislature regarding proposals to truly implement review of excessive sentences, suppression rulings, and streamlining the assignment of counsel in appeals as outlined in A5687/S1280, A5688/S1281, and A5689/S1279, respectively (2021).
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    Statement to the Indiana Senate Criminal Law Committee on Expanding Parole Eligibility (April 2021)

    NACDL President Chris Adams' written statement to the Indiana state Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee regarding proposed changes to the qualifications for parole, as laid out in HB 1202 (2021).
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    Coalition Letter to Oregon Legislative Leadership on Ending Felony Disenfranchisement (April 2021)

    Coalition letter to the Oregon state legislative leadership regarding efforts to restore voting and other rights to people convicted of felony offenses, as proposed in HB 2366 / SB 571 (2021).
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    Letter to Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee on Abolishing the Death Penalty (April 2021)

    Letter to the Nevada state Assembly Judiciary Committee regarding a proposal to abolish the death penalty statewide, as addressed in AB 395 (2021).
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    Coalition Letter to Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee on Compassionate Release (March 2021)

    Coalition Letter to the Oregon Legislature's Senate Judiciary Committee regarding improvements to state compassionate release laws, as proposed in SB 835 (2021).
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    Testimony to the VA House Justice Committee on Proposed Ban of Panic Defenses (February 2021)

    Written statement of NACDL immediate past president Nina J. Ginsberg to the Virginia House of Delegates Courts of Justice Committee regarding a proposed bill to categorically prohibit the use of specific defenses in criminal cases (see HB 2132).
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    Letter to NJ State Leaders on Public Access to Law Enforcement Disciplinary Records (January 2021)

    Letter to New Jersey legislative leadership regarding a proposed bill to require that law enforcement disciplinary records are government record and available to the public (S2656, 2020).
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    Comments to Deputy Director of VSCC on Proposed Legislation to Release Pretrial Data (January 2021)

    Coalition comments to Deputy Director of the Virginia State Crime Commission Colin Drabert regarding the Pretrial Data Project's proposed legislation to allow for public access to their data.
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    Letter to VA Crime Commission Chairs on Releasing Data from Pretrial Data Project (December 2020)

    Letter from the Pretrial Justice Coalition to Virginia legislative leadership in their capacity as chair and vice-chair of the Virginia State Crime Commission regarding the need to release the data used in the Commission's Pretrial Data Project so the public can best assess the report and the state's pretrial system.
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    Letter to VA State Crime Commission on Issues with the Pretrial Data Project’s Report (October 2020)

    Coalition letter to Executive Director of the Virginia State Crime Commission Kristen Howard regarding questions and concerns with the Commission's Pretrial Data Project report.
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    Letter to NJ Legislature Leadership on Making Police Disciplinary Records Public (October 2020)

    Coalition letter from the NJ Coalition for Transparent Policing to the leadership of the New Jersey state legislature regarding proposed legislation to make law enforcement disciplinary records accessible to the public as government record (Senate Bill 2656).
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    Letter to NYPD OIG on Auditing the Gang Database to Clear Out Misleading Data (September 2020)

    Coalition letter to New York City Police Department Inspector General Philip Eure regarding an audit of the Criminal Group Database to eliminate incorrect, overbroad, and racist data and the consequences of being wrongly included in such a list.
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    Coalition Letter to Member Chau on Sharing Facial Recognition Technology and Data in CA (April 2020)

    Coalition letter to California Assemblymember Ed Chau regarding disparities and discrimination, abuse, accuracy, information sharing, and other issues in the proposed bill AB 2261 on facial recognition technologies.
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    Coalition Letter to Gov. Abbott on Detention in Texas State Facilities During COVID-19 (April 2020)

    Coalition letter to Governor Greg Abbott, of Texas, regarding his executive order (GA-13) refusing to allow release of inmates from state detention facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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