Renewed War on Drugs, harsher charging policies, stepped-up criminalization of immigrants — in the current climate, joining the NACDL is more important than ever. Members of NACDL help to support the only national organization working at all levels of government to ensure that the voice of the defense bar is heard.
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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
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NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
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The Excessive Sentence Project recruits and trains pro bono attorneys to file compassionate release motions on behalf of individuals in federal prison whose sentences are too long, either because they would receive a much lower sentences today due to intervening changes in the law or because their original sentence was simply unjust. If you think your loved one might qualify, please complete our questionnaire. Unfortunately, we cannot help everyone, but we are doing everything we can.
Policies and rulings on lengthy imprisonment terms in Colorado.
El proyecto para sentencias excesivas recluta y entrena abogados libres de cargos para ayudar con mociones de liberación compasiva en parte de personas en prisiones federales que tienen sentencias excesivas sea porque ellos recibirán sentencias más bajas hoy, dado a los cambios intervinientes en la ley, o porque la sentencia fue simplemente injusta. Si piensas que su conocido califica, por favor llena nuestro cuestionario. Desafortunadamente, no podemos ayudar a todos, pero estamos haciendo todo lo que podemos.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and FAMM in Support of Defendant/Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing and/or Rehearing En Banc.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Thomas Bryant, Jr., Supporting Reversal.
