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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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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 is a coalition partner of Fully Free: The Campaign to End Permanent Punishments. The campaign works to dismantle "the prison after the prison," the long-lasting barriers to housing, employment, education, civic engagement, and more for people with criminal records in Illinois.
National Defender Organizations Join to Express Opposition to Louisiana Public Defender Overhaul Legislation
See the various issues on which NACDL has conducted criminal justice advocacy in Louisiana. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see active legislation in Louisiana that NACDL is tracking.
NACDL worked with partners to support legislation expanding voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals.
See the various issues on which NACDL has conducted criminal justice advocacy in Minnesota. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see active legislation in Minnesota that NACDL is tracking.
NACDL advocated for legislation to raise the daily compensation rate for jurors in Virginia.
NACDL supports the passage of clean slate legislation in New York.
NACDL joined coalition of organizations in support of implementing DC’s Revised Criminal Code Act.
Co-hosted by NACDL and Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
The problem of overcriminalization is multifaceted, with many aspects that pervade our criminal legal system, including the criminalization of conduct that is not harmful to society or others; criminal statutes that lack adequate mens rea, or intent, requirements; ambiguous and vague language in criminal statutes that provide insufficient notice and insufficient limitation on what conduct is criminalized; and the imposition of vicarious liability with insufficient requirement that the charged person was involved in, or even knew about, the underlying conduct.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Defendant-Appellant