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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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    Normally in criminal law, intent matters. …Then came the felony murder law.

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    hunter.parnell
    March 2, 2023
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    How to Include the Formerly Incarcerated in Public Defense w Anthony Graves

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    hunter.parnell
    March 2, 2023
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    between a third and a half of indigent people accused of a crime, they will be given either an assigned or contract Public Defender

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    hunter.parnell
    February 21, 2023
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    For some reason, people forget that long before New York or Illinois ended cash bail, New Jersey successfully eliminated cash bail.

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    hunter.parnell
    February 21, 2023
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    the only holistic public defender office in the state of Kansas dedicated to representing only misdemeanor clients.

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    hunter.parnell
    February 8, 2023
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    Want to ENJOY Gideon’s 60th? Throw a Concert for Indigent Defense!

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    stephen.saloom
    February 6, 2023
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    Hunter spoke with Diane Lozano, the Wyoming State Public Defender

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    hunter.parnell
    February 6, 2023
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    For decades, activists, scholars, and attorneys decried the state of public defense in New York

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    hunter.parnell
    January 30, 2023
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    Today on the show, Hunter spoke with Michael Smith

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    hunter.parnell
    January 25, 2023