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President Cynthia Hujar Orr's letter to Senate Homeland Security Committee leadership on overbroad, overcriminalized rules for beneficial ownership reporting proposed in the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 569, 2009).
Letter with the Heritage Foundation to Senate Judiciary Committee Leadership regarding the redundancy of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) of 2009 (S. 386).
Asset Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chair E.E. (Bo) Edwards' statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1997 (H.R. 1965).
Board Member Tim O'Toole's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, regarding combating corruption post-Skilling.
NACDL Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chair Samuel Buffone's written statement to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight regarding the use of federal asset forfeiture.
President John Wesley Hall's statement to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding issues in public defense representation, particularly for misdemeanor charges.
President Jim Lavine's statement to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding addressing overcriminalization.
Parliamentarian and Asset Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chair E.E. (Bo) Edwards' statement to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime regarding criminal forfeiture.
Professor David Zlotnick's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime regarding the proposed Consumer Product Protection Act of 2001 to address the modifying of consumer product packaging.
NACDL Board member Barry Pollack's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding federal criminal fraud laws.
Asset Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chairs E.E. (Bo) Edwards, David B. Smith, and Richard Troberman's statement to the House Judiciary Committee on Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (H.R. 1916, 1995) and federal asset forfeiture programs.
Written statement of NACDL second vice president E.E. (Bo) Edwards to the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control regarding the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (H.R. 3164, 1999).
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883).
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Cato Institute, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Due Process Institute, and Texas Public Policy Foundation as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal.
Argument: The trial penalty is forcing virtually all criminal defendants to forgo their trial rights. The trial penalty erodes key foundations of the criminal justice system. The trial penalty fundamentally undermines the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. The trial penalty compromises the integrity of the criminal justice system. Courts should carefully scrutinize sentencing recommendations that appear to penalize defendants for exercising their right to a jury trial.
Coalition letter to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security leadership regarding the Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005 (H.R. 1279).
