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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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Is Leadership Dead?

Author
ernie.lewis
July 9, 2015
Court Summaries

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Hotels To Give Police Information About Guests Without Opportunity For Review; Makes It Easier For Pretrial Detainees To Sue For Excessive Force

Author
greg.mermelstein
July 8, 2015
Chronological

When Trial Swagger Turns to Plea Shuffle

Author
renate.lunn
July 8, 2015
Court Summaries

Johnson v. United States – “Supreme Court Strikes Down Armed Career Criminal Acts Residual Clause Regarding” “Violent Felonies” As Unconstitutionally Vague

Author
greg.mermelstein
July 2, 2015
Court Summaries

McFadden v. United States – Supreme Court Explains Knowledge Requirement for Controlled Substance Analogues

Author
greg.mermelstein
June 26, 2015
Court Summaries

Justice Kennedy Denounces Long-Term Solitary Confinement, Says Courts May Need To Intervene To Stop It

Author
greg.mermelstein
June 24, 2015
Court Summaries

Davis v. Ayala – Trial Court’s Exclusion of Defense Counsel from Batson Hearing Was “Harmless Error” in Federal Habeas

Author
greg.mermelstein
June 24, 2015
Court Summaries

Brumfield v. Cain – Supreme Court Gives Green Light for Atkins Claim to be Heard

Author
greg.mermelstein
June 23, 2015
Court Summaries

Ohio v. Clark: Statements by Non-testifying Witnesses Made to Persons Other Than Law Enforcement Are Subject to the Confrontation Clause, But More Likely to be Admissible

Author
greg.mermelstein
June 23, 2015