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Reports on restoration of rights and the collateral consequences of an arrest or conviction.
Resolution designating April 2017 as "Second Chance Month" sponsored by Senator Portman (OH).
The NACDL Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status after Conviction held hearings in six cities and the transcripts on this page reflect the testimony of the over 150 witnesses who appeared at the hearings.
Hearings on Barriers to Social Re-Entry And Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions – Washington, DC (July 23, 2012) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction will hold its fourth national hearing on how legal mechanisms for relief from the collateral consequences of conviction are actually working in state and federal systems on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27, 2012, in San Francisco, California at the offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 405 Howard St.
Between 2012 and 2014, NACDL’s Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction embarked on a study of relief mechanisms available to those with a conviction on their record on the local, state and federal level. At an event at the Open Society Foundations in Washington, DC, NACDL released a major new report that comprehensively explored the stigma and policies relegating tens of millions of people in America to second-class status because of an arrest or conviction. [Released May 2014]
NACDL has undertaken an unprecedented and wide-ranging inquiry into how legal mechanisms for relief from the collateral consequences of conviction are actually working, in state and federal systems. NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction has conducted a series of regional hearings (Chicago, Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York) to study state and federal relief mechanisms.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Chicago - Day 1, October 20, 2011.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Miami - Day 2, February 17, 2012.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Miami - Day 1, February 16, 2012.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Washington DC - Day 3, February 22, 2013.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Washington DC - Day 2, February 21, 2013.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Washington DC - Day 1, February 20, 2013.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Cleveland - Day 1, April 26, 2012.
Testimony by Patricia Warth of the Center for Community Alternatives to the NACDL Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction.
Hearing transcripts from NACDL's Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, Cleveland - Day 2, April 27, 2012.
