2000 Board of Directors Resolutions

Resolutions adopted by NACDL's Board of Directors or Membership are posted online. Resolutions adopted prior to the year 2000 are posted as they are available. For more information on resolutions adopted prior to 2000, please contact NACDL.

Calling for a Moratorium on and Abolition of the Death Penalty

NACDL supports all efforts to preserve human life by way of a moratorium on executions, and renews its call for abolition of the death penalty. 

Supporting Passage of Oregan Ballot Measure 94

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers endorses the passage of Ballot Measure 94 (2000) in Oregon.

Urging the Bureau of Prisons to Eliminate Disqualification of Aliens from the Section 362(e)

The BOP should amend its rules to eliminate any categorical disqualification of alien federal prisoners from the Section 3621(e) incentive.

Authorizing the Executive Committee to Make CLE Programs Available via the Internet

the Board authorizes the Executive Committee to negotiate and enter a contract to provide such services, and requests that the Executive Committee accomplish this task by the end of 2000.

The Board requests that the President appoint a committee of Board members and officers to explore available internet technology vendors and to make a recommendation to the Executive Committee.

And further, that each speaker at an NACDL CLE may decline to permit his or her presentation to be available on the internet. 

Underwriting up to $25,000 Proposed Indigent Defense Litigation in Virginia

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers endorses, supports, and agrees to underwrite up to $25,000 the proposed indigent defense litigation in Virginia.

Director John Zwerling is the coordinator for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for the purposes of this litigation.

Calling for an End to the War on Drugs

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the pre-eminent organization of criminal defense lawyers whose membership numbers more than 10,000, calls upon federal and state governments to: ...........

Calling for an End to the Use of Fusarium to Destroy Coca Plants

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which is the pre-eminent organization of criminal lawyers with over 10,000 members, condemns the use of Fusarium to eradicate the coca plant in Colombia and calls for an end to the United State’s role in supplying money, training and weapons (including biological weapons) to assist the Colombian military, police and right-wing paramilitary groups to make war and genocide on its own people.

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