Blogs

NAPD regularly features writings from public defender members as they respond to relevant events, consider policy questions, summarize relevant case law, or appear as guests on podcasts. The blog posts reflect the diverse perspectives of the national public defense community and do not reflect any formal positions by NAPD. Read them below!

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Court Summaries Supreme Court

Gonzalez v. Trevino:  Fifth Circuit too narrowly applied “Nieves exception” to bar retaliatory arrest claim

Author
greg.mermelstein
August 29, 2024
Court Summaries Supreme Court

Dep’t of State v. Munoz:  Constitution doesn’t require noncitizen spouses be admitted to U.S

Author
greg.mermelstein
August 29, 2024
Forensic Science

How The Destruction of DNA Evidence Might Keep An Innocent Person Behind Bars w/Erica Nichols Cook

Author
hunter.parnell
August 27, 2024
Podcast State Courts Supreme Court

With a Conservative Supreme Court, Do State Courts Offer the Best Path for a Better Criminal Legal System? w/Kathrina (Kasia) Szymborski Wolfkot

Author
hunter.parnell
August 27, 2024

Moving Beyond Yoga: Solutions for Improving Public Defenders’ Work Life and Effectiveness

Author
Alisa Smith, J.D., Ph.D
August 26, 2024
Court Summaries Supreme Court

Erlinger v. U.S.:  Juries, not judges, must decide if prior convictions happened at separate times

Author
greg.mermelstein
August 23, 2024
Public Defense Right to counsel

265 | The Problems with Public Defense in Guam w/Aditi Goel

Author
hunter.parnell
August 22, 2024
Podcast

264 | How Police Academies Foster a Culture of Police Violence w/Samantha Simon

Author
hunter.parnell
August 22, 2024
Supreme Court

Smith v. Arizona:  Expert’s reliance on another expert’s work for their opinion is “for the truth” and implicates Confrontation Clause

August 22, 2024