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We write to propose a category of individuals who are deserving of clemency. Specifically, we respectfully request that you consider clemency for (1) individuals who suffered severe sentences as a consequence of having exercised their Sixth Amendment right to trial rather than having pleaded guilty and (2) individuals who accepted severe plea bargains under threat of substantially greater post-trial sentences. These scenarios—routine in our criminal justice system—illustrate a profound constitutional and human injustice: the “trial penalty”…
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices in Support of Appellant Julio Cesar Ortega Campoverde.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiff
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellee.
Brief of Amicus Curiae, Office of the Ohio Public Defender [and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers] in Support of Appellant, David C. Kinney, Jr.
Brief Amici Curiae Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, National Association of Public Defense, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner.
Brief Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, in support of defendants-appellants.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant Brian Davis.
Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae and Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari)
Brief of Amici Curiae The Center for HIV Law and Policy, The American Academy of HIV Medicine, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, The Office of the Ohio Public Defender, and Treatment Action Group on Behalf of Appellant Orlando Batista.
Memorandum in Support of Jurisdiction of ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Center for HIV Law and Policy, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Ohio Public Defender, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Center for Constitutional Rights, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Human Rights Campaign, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), National LGBTQ Task Force, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, American Academy of HIUV Medicine, Treatment Action Group, Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant.
Brief of Amicus Curiae The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Contemnor-Appellant.
