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    Coronavirus Resources

    NACDL to Focus on Service and Support for Members, Clients, and Community Throughout Virus Emergency
    • Media

    Criminal Court Reopening in the COVID-19 Era [webinar]

    Featuring NACDL's Task Force on Criminal Court Reopening: Nina Ginsberg, Stephen Ross Johnson, Todd Pugh, and Martín Sabelli
    • Document

    Criminal Court Reopening and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era

    NACDL: Jury Trials Not Safe Until COVID-19 Pandemic Under Control [Released June 2020]
    • News Release

    News Release ~ 08/06/2020

    Coalition Launches Virginia Redemption Initiative, Expanding NACDL’s Return to Freedom Project -- Washington, DC (Aug. 6, 2020) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (VACDL), the ACLU of Virginia, Justice Forward Virginia, and the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), today announced the launch of the Virginia Redemption Project.
    • Document

    N.D.Cal. Gen. Order 72-5 re COVID and the Court

    N.D.Cal. Gen. Order 72-5 re COVID and the Court
    • Document

    M.D. Pa. Plan for the Reinstitution of Jury Proceedings, Rev. 7-27-20

    M.D. Pa. Plan for the Reinstitution of Jury Proceedings, Rev. 7-27-20
    • Document

    Letter to Senate on Executing Federal Prison Release Programs in COVID-19 Relief Package (July 2020)

    Coalition letter to members of the Senate regarding proposals for compassionate release and elderly home detention programs outlined in the COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2020 (S. 4034).
    • News Release

    News Release ~ 07/24/2020

    Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Alarmed by ‘Rush to Resume Normal Court Operations’ During Escalating Pandemic -- Washington, DC (July 24, 2020) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) released a critically-important statement of principles and report in early June -- Criminal Court Reopening and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era. 

    • Document

    Motion Challenging Mendocino, Calif., Superior Court “Socially Distanced” Trial Procedures

    Motion Challenging Mendocino, Calif., Superior Court “Socially Distanced” Trial Procedures
    • Document

    Hamilton County, Ohio, Courts COVID Jury Trial Plan

    Hamilton County, Ohio, Courts COVID Jury Trial Plan
    • Document

    Coalition Letter to Am. Assoc. of Motor Vehicle Admin. on No Suspensions in COVID-19 (April 2020)

    Coalition letter from Free to Drive to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators regarding the need to limit driver's license suspensions and refusals to renew for reasons not related to unsafe driving during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Champion Article

    From the President: The Perils of Virtual Trials

    Courts are developing protocols for how to safely resume jury trials after the coronavirus pandemic. The defense community cannot allow expedient solutions to backlogged dockets to subvert the Constitution by sanctioning proceedings that fall short of constitutional and statutory protections.
    • Champion Article

    Criminal Court Reopening and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era: NACDL Statement of Principles

    Business as usual will be impossible as courts restart face-to-face jury trials during the coronavirus pandemic. NACDL has identified 10 fundamental principles that can minimize the constitutional burden while protecting the public and stakeholders who must come together in the courtroom.
    • Champion Article

    COVID-19’s Next Victim? The Rights of the Accused

    What is the best way to resume in-person proceedings as courts reopen after closures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic? Defendants have a right to be physically present in the courtroom. How can courts ensure a fair and constitutional process going forward?
    • Champion Article

    Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: Will Coronavirus Infect the Confrontation Clause?

    The fact that hearings and trials can be conducted via videoconference platforms does not make these proceedings legal. Criminal trials in which some or all witnesses testify remotely are susceptible to Sixth Amendment challenges. The authors offer five factors concerning which defense counsel should ask a judge to make findings before any witness testifies via two-way videoconference.