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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
NACDL harnesses the unique perspectives of NACDL members to advocate for policy and practice improvements in the criminal legal system.
NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
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This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.
NACDL welcomes the establishment of the National Commission of Forensic Science and is hopeful that this commission will provide leadership in enacting the reforms recommended by the National Research Council in 2009. … In submitting this letter, NACDL encourages the Commission to prioritize the assessment of the existing research in the forensic disciplines, to clarify where further research is needed, and to determine what limitations should be placed on the conclusions that may be reliably drawn by practitioners because of gaps in a discipline’s foundational research.
NACDL strongly supports S. 2022, the "Forensic Science and Standards Act of 2014." … While not a solution for every problem identified in the NAS Report, providing a sound structure for identifying and prioritizing research needs and a mechanism for funding such research is a vital first step.
... NACDL proposes that each subcommittee include a balanced, multidisciplinary combination of experts reflecting the fact that each subcommittee will be tasked with developing a wide range of standards that require input from different fields of expertise. As part and parcel of its functional analysis of subcommittee composition, NACDL also addresses the related issues of the systematic review of scientific literature that must precede development of scientifically-supported standards, and the leadership of the subcommittees and their governing Scientific Area Committees.
Geofence warrants, a type of reverse search warrant, compel companies, like Google, to turn over substantial information about devices interacting with their technology within a particular geographic region. For this reason, geofence warrants mark an unprecedented increase in the government's ability to locate individuals without investigation. This primer will show you how geofence warrants are constructed and outline strategies to challenge these warrants when they appear in criminal cases.
NACDL frequently writes to members of Congress, the Department of Justice, and the president on fourth amendment issues. These letters have been collected and are available for download by clicking on the titles below.
S. AMANDA MARSHALL, OSB #95347 United States Attorney District of Oregon ETHAN D. KNIGHT, OSB #99298 PAMALA R. HOLSINGER, OSB #89263 Assistant United States Attorneys ethan.knight@usdoj.gov pamala.holsinger@usdoj.gov 1000 SW Third, Suite 600 Portland, OR 97204-2902 Telephone: (503) 727-1000 Facsimile: (503) 727-1117 JO
LAURA E. DUFFY 1 . . -. . . United States Attorney 2 WILLIAM P. COLE . .. ' . . . .... ... .~ . ~--". :.":'-~~ ..... -~---•.-~ ... . :'""'. -- ... . . . .... . 3 CAROLINE P. HAN Assistant United States Attorneys 4 Cal. State Bar No. 186772/250301 5 STEVEN P. WARD Trial Attorney 6 D.C. Bar. No. 395410 7 Federal Office
123456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HOLLY A. SULLIVAN California State Bar No.216376 110 West C Street, Suite 1903 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 269-8054 Fax: (619) 794-2263 Email: hollyasullivan@yahoo.com Attorneys for Basaaly Moalin UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN D
UNITED STATES’ OPPOSITION CR-12-0030 EMC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612) United States Attorney J. DOUGLAS WILSON (DCBN 412811) Chief, Criminal Division S. WAQAR HASIB (CABN 234818) ALEXANDRA P. SUMMER (CABN 266485) Assistant United States Attorneys
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO CASE NO. 12-cr-00033-JLK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 1. JAMSHID MUHTOROV, Defendant. ________________________________________________________________________ DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE OBTAINED OR DERIVED FROM SURVEILLANCE UNDER
The undersigned civil society groups write to express our concerns about recent reports of an order issued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that compelled Yahoo! to scan the emails of all of its users, in real time, for a “signature” associated with a foreign power. We believe such a massive scan of the emails of millions of people, particularly if it involves the scanning of email content, could violate FISA, the Fourth Amendment, and international human rights law, and has grave implications for privacy.
