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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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    Podcast Sentencing

    Why Are People Being Found Not Guilty but Still Going to Prison? w/Andrea Jaeger

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    April 9, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Pulsifer v. U.S.:  Supreme Court limits criminal-history “safety valve” relief under First Step Act

    April 8, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    McElrath v. Georgia:  Double Jeopardy bars retrial after acquittal even if verdict is inconsistent with other verdicts

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    April 8, 2024
    Supreme Court

    Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre:  Challenge to “no fly list” not moot after removal unless government proves listing will not recur

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    April 5, 2024
    Podcast

    224: How the DVSJA Gave Two Survivors of Domestic Violence a Second Chance w/Assia Serrano and Trinity Copeland

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    April 4, 2024
    Podcast

    223: The New York Law Giving a Second Chance to Criminalized Domestic Violence Survivors w/Elizabeth Isaacs

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    April 4, 2024
    Podcast

    The Case for Decriminalizing Domestic Violence w/Leigh Goodmark

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    April 2, 2024
    Supreme Court

    McElrath v. Georgia:  Double Jeopardy bars retrial after acquittal even if verdict is inconsistent with other verdicts

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    March 28, 2024
    DEIJ

    It’s Not That Complicated: Basic Truths about DEI

    Author
    Charles M. Fox, Jr., M.A.P.P.
    March 28, 2024