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    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.
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    Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership on Ending Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspensions (July 2020)

    Coalition letter from the Free to Drive campaign to Senate leadership regarding efforts to end the suspension of driver's licenses due to unpaid fines and fees, including through the Driving for Opportunity Act of 2020 (S. 4186).
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    Race and Collateral Consequences

    It is legal today to discriminate against individuals with criminal records “in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discrimination against African Americans,” says Michelle Alexander in The New Jim Crow. “Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of education opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service—are suddenly legal.”

    • Champion Article

    Inside NACDL: Padilla’s 10th Anniversary

    The Supreme Court’s Limited Step Triggers Awareness and a National Movement to Combat Collateral Consequences

    The decision in Padilla v. Kentucky is 10 years old. Since the Supreme Court issued its opinion, there has been a recognition that the massive network of collateral consequences that flows from a criminal conviction must be dismantled.
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    Comments to USDA on Proposed Changes to SNAP Benefits for ABAWD (April 2019)

    Comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service regarding proposed changes to SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD).
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    Letters to MD State Judiciary Cmtes on Jury Eligibility After a Criminal Conviction (March 2020)

    Coalition letters to the Maryland State Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and House of Delegates Judiciary Committee regarding proposed legislation (SB 921, HB 1213) to eliminate restrictions on jury eligibility for those with criminal convictions.
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    Comments to FDIC on Restrictions for Those with Relevant Criminal Convictions (March 2020)

    Letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding proposed changes to Section 19, which regulates restrictions for people with relevant criminal convictions.
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    Coalition Statement to Congress on Criminal Convictions Restricting COVID-19 SBA Relief (April 2020)

    Statement to Congress regarding restrictions to federal relief from COVID-19-related economic hardship for small business owners with criminal convictions.
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    Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences

    Exploring Moral Principles and Economic Innovations to Restore Rights and Opportunity

    In August 2018, NACDL hosted its 17th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference and 2nd Annual Presidential Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. The Conference examined the destructive effect that a vast network of penalties, debarments, and disabilities following a criminal conviction has on the millions of people who have come in contact with the criminal justice system. [Released June 2019]
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    Collateral Damage: America's Failure to Forgive or Forget in the War on Crime

    A Roadmap to Restore Rights and Status After Arrest or Conviction

    Between 2012 and 2014, NACDL’s Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction embarked on a study of relief mechanisms available to those with a conviction on their record on the local, state and federal level. At an event at the Open Society Foundations in Washington, DC, NACDL released a major new report that comprehensively explored the stigma and policies relegating tens of millions of people in America to second-class status because of an arrest or conviction. [Released May 2014]
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    Restoration of Rights Web Resources

    NACDL web resources related to restoration of rights and the collateral consequences of an arrest or conviction.
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    Rick Jones Testimony

    Written Statement of Rick Jones, Executive Director Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem On behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Collateral Consequences” June 26, 20142 Introduction Rick Jones is the Executive
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    Mathias Heck Testimony

    Testimony of MATHIAS H. HECK, Jr. on behalf of the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION for the hearing on COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF OVER-CRIMINALIZATION OF FEDERAL LAW before the Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Over-Criminalization of the UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jun
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    Book Review: The Master Plan by Chris Wilson and Bret Witter

    This month Tony Bornstein reviews The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson with Bret Witter.
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    Comments on Proposed Amendments to FRCrP Rule 11 (February 2012)

    Comments to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding a proposed amendment to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.