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Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf off the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing en Banc
We tell ourselves that we are protected from government abuse by a system of jury trials in which jurors decide guilt or innocence and judges determine sentences. What is the reality? We have abandoned the system of public jury trials established in the Constitution and Bill of Rights in favor of a shadow system of guilty pleas driven by the logic of prosecutorial power.
While the United States remains deeply divided over many issues, a broad consensus is emerging that the country must face the profound injustices – particularly racial and socioeconomic injustice – in the criminal legal system.
The Sixth Amendment guarantees an accused individual the right to a public trial by an impartial jury. However, these rights have been strained by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner.
If the courtroom is a stage, then attorneys must make every moment count during their time in the spotlight. Attorney Mary DeFusco says evidence is everything the jury sees, hears, reasons, and feels. It is up to defense attorneys to make sure that as much of that information as possible is favorable to the defendant. She offers helpful tips to new lawyers so that they can use the stage to its full advantage.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) in support of defendant-appellant/cross-appellee Polizzi.
Brief of Amici Curiae of Associations of Criminal Defense Attorneys in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for Writ of Certiorari) (California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers).
