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Letter from NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer and NACDL affiliates' leadership to FBI Director James Comey regarding the FBI's policy on recording custodial interrogations, especially for those suspected of felony offenses.
Letter from Rick Jones (Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Executive Director), Alex Bunin (Harris County, TX, Public Defender), Lisa Schreibersdorf (Brooklyn Defender Services Executive Director), and Jeff Adachi (San Francisco Public Defender) to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees regarding proposed sentencing reforms that adjust how enhancements are determined, as addressed in Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (S. 2123) and Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713).
In this episode of The Criminal Docket, we’ll learn about several tools being used by law enforcement to gather information from our cell phones, and why they may not be as reliable as law enforcement suggests.
