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    Champion of Public Defense Award

    The Champion of Public Defense Award recognizes an individual or group for exceptional efforts in making positive changes to a local, county, state, or federal public defense system. Although the outstanding direct, individual representation of every defendant is one of NACDL's foremost goals, this award is intended to highlight efforts toward systemic advances through legislation, litigation, or other strategies.
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    Public Defense Legislation

    Recent state and federal legislation relating to public defense and the right to counsel.
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    Race and Public Defense (SCJN 2021)

    20th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference
    August 18-20, 2021 | Held Virtually

    Learn about the different ways lawyers have organized within the legal community and beyond to better address racial inequity in their jurisdictions.
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    Public Defense Scholarships

    As a result of generous grant funding, NACDL is able to offer scholarship assistance to public defense attorneys to attend training programs.
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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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    Comments to AG Garland on the Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases in Tribal Courts (June 2021)

    NACDL President Chris Adams’ comments to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the need for public defenders and appointed counsel for people facing incarceration in tribal courts, for consideration by the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable.
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    Comments to DOJ on Federal Review of State Capital Post-Conviction Cases (March 2012)

    NACDL President Lisa Wayne's comments to the Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy regarding a proposed rule that would allow states to limit federal review of capital post-conviction cases.
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    Book Review: Gideon’s Promise by Jonathan Rapping

    This month David Patton reviews Gideon’s Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice by Jonathan Rapping.
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    Persons with Disabilities and the Legal System: Week 1 Video Archive

    Persons with disabilities represent one of the nation's largest minority populations. They are overrepresented in the criminal legal system, both as those who are accused and as victims of crime. Both in the criminal legal system and in broader society, persons with disabilities have not been granted full access to the processes and protections afforded to the general population. This training provides an introduction to some of the issues and challenges that exist in our criminal legal system for persons with disabilities. 
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    Persons with Disabilities and the Legal System: Week 2 Video Archive

    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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    Coalition Letter to Gov. Abbott on Detention in Texas State Facilities During COVID-19 (April 2020)

    Coalition letter to Governor Greg Abbott, of Texas, regarding his executive order (GA-13) refusing to allow release of inmates from state detention facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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    Letter to Senator Booker on the Need to Fund and Support Public Defense Services (July 2016)

    NACDL President Gerry Morris's letter to Senator Cory Booker regarding the need for federal funding and support for public defense services, as proposed in the Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016 (S. 3144).
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    Letter to Rep. Sensenbrenner on Public Defense Representation in Capital Cases (March 2003)

    NACDL President Lawrence Goldman's letter to House Judiciary Committee chair Representative Jim Sensenbrenner regarding the Innocence Protection Act of 2001 (H.R. 912).
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    Letter to Rep. Maloney on the Need to Fund and Support Public Defense Services (February 2017)

    NACDL President Barry Pollack's letter to Representative Sean Patrick Maloney regarding the need for federal funding and support for public defense services, as proposed in the Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 (H.R. 968).