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Written Statement of Steven D. Benjamin, President National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Defining the Problem and Scope of Over-criminalization and Over-federalization”
Before The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary’s Task Force on Overcriminalization “Regulatory Crime: Defining the Scope of the Problem” Testimony of Reed D. Rubinstein, Esq. Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
Testimony of Lawrence Lewis Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Over-criminalization "Regulatory Crime: Overview – Identifying the Scope of the Problem"
Statement of Joyce and Steven Kinder Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Over-criminalization "Regulatory Crime: Overview – Defining the Problem"
Statement of Rachel E. Barkow Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law New York University School of Law Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Over-criminalization "Regulatory Crime: Overview – Defining the Problem"
Written Testimony of Lucian E. Dervan Assistant Professor of Law Southern Illinois University School of Law Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force, United States House of Representatives “Regulatory Crime: Solutions”
Testimony of Dr. John S. Baker, Jr. Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law School; Professor Emeritus, LSU Law School before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Over-criminalization on "Regulatory Crime: Solutions"
President John Wesley Hall's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding overcriminalization of conduct and overfederalization in the criminal code.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant, Christina Carman, Seeking Reversal.
