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

Edwards v. Vannoy: New criminal procedural rules will never be retroactive on federal collateral review; unanimous-jury holding not retroactive

Author
greg.mermelstein
November 23, 2021
Court Summaries

Caniglia v. Strom: Community caretaking doctrine does not apply to searches of residences

Author
greg.mermelstein
November 17, 2021
Chronological

Public Defender Corporation Recovery Coach Project (WV) Selected as 1 of 9 Rural Innovation Sites

Author
stephanne.thornton
November 16, 2021
Court Summaries

Niz-Chavez v. Garland: Immigration Act requires all statutory information be in a single notice-to-appear document for stop-time rule to apply

Author
greg.mermelstein
November 15, 2021
Court Summaries

Alaska v. Wright: Federal habeas petitioner must be in State custody under 2254(a)

Author
greg.mermelstein
November 9, 2021
Chronological

Dismantling our American apartheid: Making the case for a defender general of the United States – Chicago Tribune

Author
andrea.lyon
November 8, 2021
Court Summaries

Jones v. Mississippi: Permanent incorrigibility not required to sentence juveniles to life without parole; retroactivity case law questioned, door opened to proportionality claims

Author
greg.mermelstein
October 25, 2021
Court Summaries

Lombardo v. St. Louis: Prone restraint can be excessive force even when detainee resists

Author
greg.mermelstein
October 4, 2021
Chronological

We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For

Author
lori.james.townes
September 28, 2021