NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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• Ep.62 – Interview: NYU Professor Rachel E. Barkow, Author of "Prisoners of Politics..."

  NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer recently interviewed NYU School of Law Professor Rachel E. Barkow, author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration, published earlier this year.

Previous Episodes

• Ep.61 – Televerde, the Arouet Foundation, and Second Chances for Women Coming Out of Incarceration

  In this episode, we learn about two very interesting and innovative organizations opening the doors of rehabilitation, skills development, and successful re-entry for women in and coming out of the prison system – Televerde and the Arouet Foundation.

• Ep.60 – Federal Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton’s Important New Book, "51 Imperfect Solutions..."

  In this episode, we hear from Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Sutton recently released a terrific book, 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law.

• Ep.59 – Criminal Discovery Reform Efforts in Virginia

  In this episode, we explore the ongoing, multi-year effort to bring criminal discovery reform to the Commonwealth of Virginia, an effort in which NACDL has been a leader.

• Ep.58 – NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson on Criminal Justice Reform

  In this episode, we hear from Derrick Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.

• Ep.57 – The Right to Counsel: A Conversation with Utah Judge Michael W. Kwan

  As part of NACDL’s Public Defense Training Program, NACDL visited Utah to provide a free training to defense lawyers.

• Ep.56 – Forthcoming Documentary: "In The Executioner’s Shadow"

  In this episode, we hear from American University School of Communication Professor Rick Stack about a forthcoming, very important documentary concerning the death penalty in America, entitled In The Executioner’s Shadow.

• Ep.55 – "The Feminine Sixth: Women for the Defense"

  Tomorrow is March 1, the start of Women’s History Month, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, through its publishing unit NACDL Press, is releasing The Feminine Sixth: Women for the Defense, a groundbreaking book on women in criminal defense by Andrea D. Lyon.

• Ep.54 – "The War on Kids," an Essential New Book by Professor Cara Drinan

  In this podcast, we hear from Professor Cara Drinan about her new book released by Oxford University Press, The War on Kids: How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way. 

• Ep.53 – South Carolina's Sixth Amendment-Free Zones

  In this podcast, we hear from Diane DePietropaolo Price, who until recently served as NACDL's Public Defense Training Manager. Diane was the lead author of the 2016 Summary Injustice report. We also hear from Dr. Alisa Smith, the Chair of the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Smith was the lead researcher and co-author of Rush to Judgment.

• Ep.52 – NACDL's First Amendment Strike Force and Mass Defense Unit

  The Foundation for Criminal Justice (FCJ) and NACDL have established the First Amendment Strike Force and Mass Defense Unit.

• Ep.51 – Packingham v. North Carolina: Collateral Consequences at the High Court

  NACDL Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez recently had the opportunity to speak with attorneys Jonathan Hacker and Deanna Rice from the Washington, D.C. office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

• Ep.50 – Professor Suja A. Thomas on "The Missing American Jury"

  NACDL Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez recently had the opportunity to speak with University of Illinois College of Law Professor Suja A. Thomas about her new book: "The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries," published by Cambridge University Press.

• Ep.49 – United States v. FedEx Corp.: The Billion Dollar-plus Criminal Case that Simply Wasn't

  NACDL Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez recently had the opportunity to speak with NACDL member and attorney Cristina C. Arguedas and her colleagues Ted W. Cassman and Raphael M. Goldman, all from the law firm of Arguedas, Cassman & Headley, LLP in Berkeley, California.

• Ep.48 – United States v. Clay: A Case Study in Overcriminalization

  NACDL Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez recently had the opportunity to sit down with attorney Matt Kaiser, a partner at the firm of Kaiser, LeGrand & Dillon PLLC in Washington, DC.

• Ep.47 – Harry C. Alford, President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce

  I recently had the honor to sit down with Harry C. Alford, President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce in his offices here in Washington, DC. Mr. Alford spoke about the need for criminal justice reform, his concerns about overcriminalization, and some of the steps he and his organization have taken to be a part of the solution.

• Ep.46 – Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s “Guantánamo Diary”

  On January 20, Little, Brown and Company released a new book about the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But this book is like no other on the subject that has been published to date.

• Ep.45 – The Fishy Case of Yates v. United States Now Before the U.S. Supreme Court

  Yates v. United States is a case highlighting the dangerous consequences stemming from the unconstitutional executive expansion of the federal law.

• Ep.44 – "Not Guilty: The Unlawful Prosecution of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens" By Rob Cary

  Today, Rob Cary, a defense attorney for Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, released a new book – Not Guilty: The Unlawful Prosecution of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (NACDL Press/Thomson Reuters) – recounting the trial six years ago of a powerful senator.

• Ep.43 – Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. Addresses NACDL Annual Meeting and Seminar

  On August 1, 2014, at the 57th Annual Meeting and Seminar of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and 13th Annual Conference of NACDL’s State Criminal Justice Network, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. delivered important remarks concerning criminal justice reform and the important role played by the criminal defense bar in ensuring the promise of a fairer and more humane criminal justice system.

• Ep.42 – Criminal Justice and the Media: Covering Appellate Decisions

  This episode of The Criminal Docket is the audio of part three of Criminal Justice and the Media

• Ep.41 – Criminal Justice and the Media: Covering Trials

  This episode of The Criminal Docket is the audio of part two of Criminal Justice and the Media.

• Ep.40 – Criminal Justice and the Media: Covering Criminal Justice Policy

  NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer moderates a discussion on the topic of covering criminal justice policy.

• Ep.39 – Criminal Justice and the Media: Introduction

  This episode of The Criminal Docket is the audio of NACDL Executive Director Norman Reimer’s Introduction to the Criminal Justice and the Media series.

• Ep.38 – Investigator Marty Bugbee on Your Digital Trail

  In this episode of The Criminal Docket, we learn about mobile devices, social media, and digital evidence – what’s there and how is it accessible to investigators.

• Ep.37 – Human Rights Watch Report on The Trial Penalty in Federal Drug Cases

  Human Rights Watch releases an important new report – An Offer You Can’t Refuse: How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty.

• Ep.36 – Congress’s Overcriminalization Task Force

  The Congressional Task Force on Overcriminalization held its fourth hearing in November.

• Ep.35 – Professor Norman Lefstein on the Federal Indigent Defense Crisis

  On Constitution Day 2013, NACDL organized a briefing on Capitol Hill as part of its efforts to address the crisis in Federal Indigent Defense.

• Ep.34 - Groundbreaking Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities-Part III

  On July 17, 2013, The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, the Foundation for Criminal Justice, NACDL, the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association released Criminal Justice in the 21st Century: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, a critically important and inclusive examination of the profound racial and ethnic disparities in America’s criminal justice system, and concrete ways to overcome them.

• Ep.33 - Groundbreaking Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities-Part II

  On July 17, 2013, The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, the Foundation for Criminal Justice, NACDL, the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association released Criminal Justice in the 21st Century: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, a critically important and inclusive examination of the profound racial and ethnic disparities in America’s criminal justice system, and concrete ways to overcome them.

• Ep.32 - Stingrays, Pings and Triangulation – Oh my!

  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.

• Ep.31 - Groundbreaking Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

  On July 17, 2013, The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, the Foundation for Criminal Justice, NACDL, the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association released Criminal Justice in the 21st Century: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, a critically important and inclusive examination of the profound racial and ethnic disparities in America’s criminal justice system, and concrete ways to overcome them.

• Ep.30 - NACDL’s Domestic Drone Information Center

  NACDL’s launches Domestic Drone Information Center.

• Ep.29 - Issues in Child Pornography Law & Sentencing

  Explore law and sentencing issues in the child pornography context.

• Ep.28 - Gideon at 50: New Indigent Defense System Research

  In this episode of The Criminal Docket, we'll hear about two important indigent defense reports recently issued by NACDL.

• Ep.27 - NACDL's "Getting Scholarship Into Court Project"

  In this episode of The Criminal Docket you'll hear about an incredible new NACDL initiative, the "Getting Scholarship into Court Project," which is being led by an academic advisory board comprised of some 18 leading scholar practitioners in the criminal justice field.

• Ep.26 - A Representative NACDL CLE Program

  This week, you'll hear from program co-chairs Cynthia Roseberry and Chris Adams, as well as program attendees Jennifer Thompson and Chris Wellborn, at a recent NACDL continuing legal education program -- "Anything But the Big Easy: Defending Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Cases" – held at the Astor Crowne Plaza hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.

• Ep.25 - NACDL's Restoration of Rights Database

  NACDL launched a new, publicly available database – NACDL's Restoration of Rights Project.

• Ep.24 - Bail and the Presumption of Innocence

  This week, we speak with Dr. Melissa Neal, Senior Research Associate at the Justice Policy Institute and author of its recently released report Bail Fail: Why the U.S. Should End The Practice of Using Money for Bail.

• Ep.23 - Eugene Jarecki's "The House I Live In"

  This week, we caught up with criminal defense attorney, former public defender, journalist, and Emmy-nominated director and producer David Kuhn at Charlotte Street Films.

• Ep.22 - Dog Sniffs at the Supreme Court - Part Two

  This week is the second in a two-part series covering the two dog sniff cases out of Florida being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 31.

• Ep.21 - Dog Sniffs at the Supreme Court - Part One

  This week is the first in a two-part series covering the two dog sniff cases out of Florida being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 31.

• Ep.20 - Missouri Public Defender Caseload Litigation

  NACDL Public Affairs & Communications Intern Denise Tugade sits down with Holland & Knight Pro Bono Partner.

• Ep.19 - NACDL President Steven D. Benjamin

  Steven D. Benjamin, sworn in as President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

• Ep.18 - NACDL President Lisa Wayne Reflects on Her Term

  Lisa spoke about NACDL's accomplishments.

• Ep.17 - SCOTUS Review with Stanford Law Professor Pamela S. Karlan

  Professor Pamela S. Karlan speaks with us about the recently completed U.S. Supreme Court term.

• Ep.16 - "Disrobed," a new book by Judge Frederic Block

  Judge Frederic Block of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York speaks with us about his new book being released jointly by NACDL.

• Ep.15 - Weekly News Roundup

  Holiday week's criminal justice news.

• Ep.14 - Miller and Alvarez

  This week, we speak with George Washington University Law Professor Paul Butler about the Supreme Court's decision on June 25 in Miller v. Alabama eliminating mandatory life without parole for juveniles.

• Ep.13 - Historic Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

  This week, NACDL Public Affairs & Communications Intern Denise Tugade reports on Tuesday's historic, and long-overdue U.S. Senate hearing concerning solitary confinement.

• Ep.12 - State Legislative Affairs Update

  Angelyn C. Frazer on state criminal justice reform efforts.

• Ep.11 - The Benefits of NACDL Membership

  This week, we explore the benefits of NACDL membership.

• Ep.10 - The Execution of Carlos DeLuna

  This week, we explore the 1989 execution of Carlos DeLuna by the State of Texas.

• Ep.9 - The Crisis of Overcriminalization in America

  This week, we explore the Crisis of Overcriminalization in America.

• Ep.8 - Guantanamo Update with Mason Clutter

  Lately, much of the talk in Washington surrounds the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces. But down at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, folks have been gearing up for another start to proceedings for five 9/11 suspects, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

• Ep.7 - When Lying is a Crime

  This week's podcast explores when lying is a crime.

• Ep.6 - The Failed Drug War

  This week's podcast explores the failed war on drugs with Jasmine Tyler, who is the deputy director of national affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance.

• Ep.5 - Criminal Defense in Denmark and New Zealand

  This week's podcast explores aspects of the criminal justice systems of both Denmark and New Zealand.

• Ep.4 - Strip Searching the Arrested

  This week's podcast explores the April 2, 2012, Supreme Court decision in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders.

• Ep.3 - Juvenile Life Without Parole

  This week's podcast takes you to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring special counsel Henry F. Schuelke testifying about his investigative report on the wrongful prosecution of the late Sen. Ted Stevens.

• Ep.2 - Right to Counsel in Maryland

  This week's podcast explores the recent decision concerning the right to counsel by Maryland's highest court in DeWolfe v. Richmond.

• Ep.1 - Norman Reimer

  In this week's news rundown, we take you to a news conference on Capitol Hill at which the introduction of significant, bipartisan discovery reform legislation was announced on March 15. Also, in this inaugural episode of NACDL's weekly podcast "The Criminal Docket," we sit down with NACDL's Executive Director Norman Reimer to learn about the U.S. criminal justice system and why all Americans should care about the criminal law.

• Introductory Episode

  Welcome to NACDL's new podcast series "The Criminal Docket".

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