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    PRIOR CONVICTION IMPEACHMENT: THE NEED FOR REFORM

    "This practice of impeachment by prior conviction is an antiquated anachronism that is both indefensible under its stated rationale and a prime perpetuator of racial bias in both the criminal and civil legal systems."
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    Litigating Fair Cross Section Challenges (NC II)

    “[A]n essential component” of the right to an impartial jury is the “selection of a jury from a representative cross-section of the community.” Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 528 (1975).
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    Persons with Disabilities and the Legal System

    Persons with disabilities represent one of the nation's largest minority populations. They are overrepresented in the criminal legal system as persons who are accused as well as persons who are victims of crime. In both the criminal legal system and in society generally, persons with disabilities are often denied meaningful access to the processes and protections afforded to the general population. These training materials and resources provide introduction to some of the issues and challenges that exist in our criminal legal system for persons with disabilities. 
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    Access to Witnesses and Evidence

    The right to offer the testimony of witnesses, and to compel their attendance, if necessary, is in plain terms the right to present a defense, the right to present the defendant's version of the facts as well as the prosecution's to the jury so it may decide where the truth lies. Just as an accused has the right to confront the prosecution's witnesses for the purpose of challenging their testimony, he has the right to present his own witnesses to establish a defense. This right is a fundamental element of due process of law.

    Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 19–23 (1967).
     

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    Roadmap to a Representative Jury in North Carolina

    Learn about jury diversity from national experts, local judicial officials, and practitioners.
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    Roadmap to a Representative Jury in Minnesota

    Learn about jury diversity from leading experts and practitioners. This webinar features a diverse panel of national and Minnesota-based professionals sharing their experiences and recommendations. 
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    Jury Trial

    The heart of the American system of justice is the adversarial process. It is the means by which truth is pursued, justice is done, the individual is protected from government overreach, and community values are expressed.
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    Public Trial

    The Sixth Amendment guarantees the accused the right to a public trial and is aimed at creating transparency, fairness, and accountability.

    The public trial right “is for the benefit of the accused; that the public may see he is fairly dealt with and not unjustly condemned and that the presence of interested spectators may keep his triers keenly alive to a sense of their responsibility and to the importance of their functions . . . .”

    -Thomas Cooley
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    Right to Counsel

    Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to counsel and that right is guaranteed regardless of the defendant's ability to pay.

    “Of all the rights than an accused person has, the right to be represented by counsel is by far the most pervasive, for it affects his ability to assert any other rights he may have.” United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984). 

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    Confrontation & Cross-Examination

    The Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him."  
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    Impartial & Representative Juries

    The Sixth Amendment states that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to . . . trial, by an impartial jury...."  The focus on jury impartiality was rooted in the desire to preserve individual liberty in the face of a tyranical government.
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    Speedy Trial

    Among the rights enumerated in the Sixth Amendment is the right to a speedy trial.
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    6th Amendment Resources

    JFA members will regularly update this page with relevant publicly available information and resources related to Sixth Amendment issues. 
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    Strengthening the Sixth in North Dakota

    Building Cases, Building Skills and Building Community

    September 22 and 23, 2022 | University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202

    12 HRS OF CLE CREDIT 

    Hotel Accomodations can be arranged at:

    La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Grand Forks

    4051 Garden View Drive, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201

    The group rate is $96.00 per night and will be automatically applied if you click the above link to book.

    If you call, 701-314-1106, reference CGNA22 to attain the group rate.

    Reservations must be made by August 31, 2022, 11:59 PM.

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    Public Defense: Past, Present and Future

    “We can get to justice without even using the courtroom.” --Larry Jefferson, Dir. Washington State Office of Public Defense

    "[R]ace played a significant role in the creation, maturation, and curtailment of the modern right to counsel"  --- Prof. Shaun Ossei-Owusu,  Penn Law

    "Working as a public defender can be like walking a tightrope. Attorneys are constitutionally required to provide effective representation to their clients, ethically required to do so as officers of the court, and subject to the ordinary human desire to keep their jobs."  - Prof. Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe, UC Davis Law