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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
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NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
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NACDL supports legislation to reduce the number of mandatory minimum laws and restore judicial discretion in sentencing.
Written Statement of Steven D. Benjamin, President National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Defining the Problem and Scope of Over-criminalization and Over-federalization”
Written Statement of Bryan A. Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director Equal Justice Initiative and Professor of Clinical Law New York University School of Law Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Penalties”
Written Statement of William G. Otis, Adjunct Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Penalties”
Written Statement of Marc Levin, Policy Director Right on Crime Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Penalties”
Written Statement of Eric Evenson, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Penalties”
Statement Of Judge Irene M. Keeley, United States District Judge Judicial Conference of the United States Before the Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force United States House of Representatives at a Hearing Entitled “Agency Perspectives”
Testimony of Chief Judge Patti B. Saris Chair, United States Sentencing Commission For the Hearing on “Agency Perspectives” Before the Over-Criminalization Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives
Coalition letter to the California Assembly Appropriations Committee regarding a proposal to repeal mandatory minimums and allow for more judicial discretion in sentencing for certain drug offenses, as outlined in SB 73 (2020).
Coalition letter to members of the Senate regarding the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses and the plan to eliminate them as addressed in the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act (S. 79/H.R. 1693, 2021).
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding USSC priorities in the current (2019) amendment cycle.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed 1997 Amendments.
NACDL is working with the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ADCL-NJ) to repeal mandatory minimums in New Jersey.
New Jersey’s and Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Call on Gov. Murphy to Sign S3456, Repealing Mandatory Minimums for Certain Offenses -- Washington, DC (March 11, 2021) – National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) President Christopher W. Adams and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ) President Linda D. Foster released the following statement on NJ bill (S3456) to repeal mandatory minimums for certain crimes, which is currently awaiting Governor Murphy’s signature.
