Mondays in May starting one week from today!! "The US Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries" This’ll be fun in a - ‘we gots to figure out how to change this place so let’s see what we can learn from the freedom struggle’ - kinda way! eventbrite.com/e/the-us-civil…

Kicking off Day 2 of South Dakota's Supporting Emerging Adults in the CLS w/ Elizabeth Cauffman, explaining the way the gap b/t intelligence & psycho-social maturity impacts EA decision making. Thanks @SDUJS and National Center for State Courts for including me in this important discussion.

Read NACDL’s Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences Report to learn about the importance of #SecondChances buff.ly/39vMnAe #SecondChanceMonth #EndMassIncarceration

The budget is still not final and NYSACDL remains strongly opposed to the Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed rollbacks to bail laws. These changes will send more Black and brown New Yorkers to deadly jails. We ask the legislature to stand firm. NYS Senate Democrats NY Assembly Majority

🧵NACDL Commends President Donald J. Trump Commutations, Calls for Further Action nacdl.org/newsrelease/Ne… #SecondChanceMonth

Report: Michigan 'problem-solving' courts lowered unemployment and recidivism rates for 2022 Michigan Public Read the report: buff.ly/3UsMbuP buff.ly/3AvuaTw

The Louisiana Public Defenders love what they do! This year, public defenders celebrate the 60th anniversary of the US Supreme Court case which recognized the right to counsel for all. #PublicDefense #Gideonat60 Learn more: nacdl.org/publicdefense

This year, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the US Supreme Court case which recognized the right to counsel for all. Public Defender Austyn Caisse shares how she decided to become an attorney. #PublicDefense #Gideonat60 nacdl.org/publicdefense

FJP is proud to be part of the new Trial Penalty Coalition that is working to end the trial penalty, which too often punishes people with significantly longer sentences if they turn down a plea offer and exercise their constitutional right to a trial. endthetrialpenalty.org

ICYMI: Carrie Johnson breaks down the trial penalty issue and the important work being done by numerous organizations and advocates to eliminate coercive plea bargaining. #EndtheTrialPenalty martín sabelli endthetrialpenalty.org

On 5/18, 2pm ET, join NACDL for a webinar w/ Birmingham, AL Mayor Randall Woodfin & RaceNYU Executive Director Jason D. Williamson on the fight for marijuana justice & their work to right the wrongs of racially discriminatory marijuana arrests. Register: nacdl.org/MarijuanaJusti…

60 years ago, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright recognized the right to counsel for all. “It is a robust #PublicDefense system that powers the engines that push the system to improve,” says NACDL Board Member Jacqueline Goodman The Law Office of Jacqueline Goodman nacdl.org/publicdefense

Live at #NACDLRaceMatters: Al Gerhardstein & Iris Roley present "Where We’re At: Collaborative Agreement 2002-2022". Featuring Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge "If you leave here today with just one thought, it should be how to reduce the number of arrests." - Gerhardstein

Live at #NACDLRaceMatters: Executive Director of OJPC David Singleton shares perspectives on his work and guilt in the criminal legal system: "...Our clients did at least some of what the government accused them of, and we are not just going to let them rot in prison."

Over 70 million people in the US face the devastating collateral consequences of a criminal record. To support record clearance, NACDL developed an Expungement Clinic Directory to help share your clinics with the community. Submit your upcoming events: nacdl.org/expungement-in…

Past few years, amid cont. police violence & killing of unarmed Black people, we saw calls for racial justice & police reform. However we are in a climate where calls for more police grow louder in the name of public safety & the killing of Black people cont. #WhoKeepsUsSafe

Happy Birthday Jeff. Rest in power my friend. #Adachi #Defender #RestInPower

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Aurora is 1 of only 2 CO cities with an in-house public defender. Why? Domestic violence prosecutions and “ordinance games” make for complex, high-stakes cases. Yet, City Council wants to outsource indigent defense on the cheap. ACLU of Colorado 📰➡️ denvergazette.com/news/courts/pu…

🧵Judge orders state to produce data on indigent defendants in Wisconsin as lawyers seek class-action lawsuit Relief sought for thousands of indigent defendants in Wisconsin awaiting public defenders for weeks or months on cases. - Karen Madden for USA TODAY Network - Wisconsin