- Comments to USSC on Proposed Priorities for the 2024-2025 Amendment Cycle (July 2024)
- ACLU, et al. v. Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, et al.
- Statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime on Effects of Overcriminalization (Apr 2024)
- Comments to Sentencing Commission on Proposed 2024 Amendments (Feb 2024)
- Coalition Letter to USSC on the Trial Penalty as a Priority (November 2023)
- Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership on the SHIELD Act (September 2023)
- Comments to USSC on Proposed Priorities for the 2024 Amendment Cycle (August 2023)
- Statement to USSC on Proposed Guideline Amendments Related to Acquitted Conduct (February 2023)
- Coalition Letter to President Biden on Trial Penalty Clemency (June 2022)
- Comments to DAG Monaco on Compassionate Release Waivers in Plea Negotiations (February 2022)
- Letter to NY State Legislature on Proposals to Fully Implement Appellate Rights (May 2021)
- Letter to House Judiciary on Consequences in Revenge Porn Cases in the SHIELD Act (January 2020)
- Letter to the USSC on Priorities for the 2019 Amendment Cycle (August 2018)
- Comments on Proposed Amendments to FRCrP Rule 11 (February 2012)
- Statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing (May 2010)
- Coalition Letter to Congress on Funding the Thomson Facility for Guantánamo Detainees (April 2010)
- Comments on Proposed Changes to FRCrP Excluding Criminal Forfeiture (February 1998)
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A Defender's Guide to Federal Evidence - 2nd Edition
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