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    March 10, 2025
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    March 14, 2025
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    March 16, 2017

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    Open Letter: Public Defenders are Justice System First Responders

    May 7, 2020
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    Letter to US House Judiciary Committee on Public Defenders’ Response to Coronavirus

    May 7, 2020
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    Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Requesting Supplemental Federal Funding for Coronavirus Response

    May 7, 2020
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    Ethics Opinion 19-1: Conflicts Imputation Between and Within Public Defender Offices

    May 1, 2020
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    Letter to Montgomery County, PA, Board of Commissioners

    March 4, 2020
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    Statement on Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments

    March 1, 2019
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    2018 Annual Report

    December 1, 2018
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    Letter to Harris County, TX, County Attorney

    June 18, 2018
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    Letter in Support of California SB 978

    April 30, 2018
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    Assessment of the Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs

    April 30, 2018
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    Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

    February 5, 2018
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    Letter to U.S. Attorney General on Revised Fines & Fees Policies

    January 18, 2018
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    2017 Annual Report

    December 1, 2017
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    Letter on the Organization of Scientific Areas Committees

    October 26, 2017
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    Letter to Atlanta Mayor

    September 29, 2017
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    Position Paper on Qualifications of those Selecting Public Defense Leadership

    September 21, 2017
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    Letter in Support of California SB 345

    June 14, 2017
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    Public Comment on the National Commission on Forensic Science

    May 30, 2017
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    Joint Statement in Support of the Use of Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments

    May 10, 2017
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    Foundational Principles

    March 16, 2017