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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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    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
    September 28, 2021
    Chronological

    NAPD Remembers Marshall J. Hartman, a Public Defense Trailblazer

    Author
    andrea.lyon
    September 25, 2021
    NAPD Blog Posts

    Lange v. California: Pursuit of misdemeanor suspect does not always justify warrantless entry into home

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    September 24, 2021
    NAPD Blog Posts

    Johnson v. Guzman Chavez: Supreme Court limits release on bond for some noncitizens seeking withholding of removal

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    September 17, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Dunn v. Reeves: State court did not apply per se rule that failure to call trial counsel to testify defeats ineffective assistance claim

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    September 14, 2021
    Chronological

    Remembering 9 11

    Author
    john.gross
    September 13, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Pereida v. Wilkinson: Cancellation of removal after conviction under statute containing both eligible and ineligible offenses requires proof that actual offense is eligible

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    August 19, 2021