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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we are spotlighting Black Americans who've been a driving force for change in our criminal legal system but whose stories aren't always told widely. Today we feature James K. Batson, submitted by NACDL Director of Public Defense Bonnie Hoffman

Read my latest column from The Champion magazine on strategies criminal defense lawyers can employ in the face of coercive plea bargaining: nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

Police Are Using Celebrities to Make Arrests?? 🎬🚔 🗣 Speaker: Clare Garvie Clare Garvie ------------- To learn more about Facial Recognition visit 🔗 buff.ly/3SYcZTx To learn more about the New Jersey v. Arteaga appellate decision visit 🔗 buff.ly/3uSHZfy

📢 Join NACDL in celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth & #PublicDefenseDay with a free, insightful webinar! Explore the impactful contributions of women to the history of public defense and the challenges still faced today. 🗓️ March 20, 12-1pm ET 📝 Register: buff.ly/3InFhlv

📢STARTING NOW📢 the USCCR will begin their briefing on "Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology." #FRT #AI #CivilRights #USCCRbriefing TUNE IN: youtube.com/watch?v=yVs8MG…

Tomorrow is #PublicDefenseDay! Make a real difference by supporting NACDL's public defense scholarship fund. Your donations allow NACDL to offer financial assistance to hundreds of attorneys working in public defense. Donate: buff.ly/3PodvsR

Opinion by NACDL Executive Director @lmonet and Gideon's Promise Executive Director Zanele Ngubeni: Celebrate Public Defense Lawyers, Fortify Public Defense Systems #PublicDefenseDay #GideonsDays InsideSources Read more 👇👇👇 buff.ly/4ac15fC

Join NACDL during the month of April as we celebrate #SecondChanceMonth and continue to fight for a system that gives everyone a second chance. Get involved, find Second Chance Month events, resources, a social media toolkit, action alerts & more here: buff.ly/36ZStO3

📣 My latest Medium column dives deep into the inspiring journey of a law school professor and former student who played a crucial role in overturning 100-year-old convictions of 110 Black soldiers from the Camp Logan riots. Read the interview here: nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

Happening now: Supreme Court to examine federal obstruction law used to prosecute Trump and Jan. 6 rioters "Michael Heiskell, Andrew S. Birrell, agreed that prosecutors' application of the statute is too broad, and warned it can lead to overcriminalization."cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c…

Andrew S. Birrell "This is one of these examples where you can have an overzealous prosecutor and apply it to certain situations that it shouldn't be applied to," he told CBS News." Listen live: buff.ly/4aVIk0j Read more from Melissa Quinn 👇🏾 cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c…

📰NACDL Calls for Immediate Action to Combat Rampant Prosecutorial Misconduct in FL: “Until this serious problem is remedied, our legal system will continue to suffer & the respect accorded it by the public will continue to diminish"Andrew S. Birrell FACDL buff.ly/45KjKhP

Read the full statement below 👇🏾 FACDL Miami FACDL nacdl.org/NACDLProsecuto…

In my latest column for The Champion, Dr. Ilia Kolochenko and I discuss how lawyers can identify the biases Generative AI may support and implement creative safeguards to ensure the presumption of innocence is maintained in courtrooms. nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

In my inaugural column for The Champion Magazine, I share stories of defenders throughout history who risked their careers, reputations, and personal safety to stand up for their clients. Read more: nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

From my latest column for The Champion: in an era of electronic discovery & ever-increasing information dumps, defense lawyers face challenges examining terabytes of information from discovery requests. Read more: nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

From my latest column for The Champion magazine: It has always been a presidential prerogative to pardon or commute federal sentences. Here is a modest proposal: What if all federal convictions were reviewed for pardons? nacdl.medium.com/from-the-presi…

News Release: Nation's Criminal Defense Bar Condemns Executive Overreach, Deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles Read more: buff.ly/tVtSlsA

News Release: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Condemns DOJ Directive on Denaturalization Read more: buff.ly/kWZQgZC