Long-Suppressed Evidence Will Be Key to Jeffrey MacDonald’s Day in Court - Washington, DC (Sept. 14, 2012) – After spending the past 33 years in prison resulting from an unfair trial and a wrongful conviction, former Army Captain and medical doctor Jeffrey R. MacDonald is scheduled to get a meaningful day in court on Monday. The date is fortuitous, yet auspicious –  September 17 is Constitution Day, commemorating the date that the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia 225 years ago.

Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Welcomes Criminal Justice Reforms Adopted by the State of New York -- Washington, DC (Apr. 1, 2019) – On Sunday, March 31, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Senate and Assembly reached agreement concerning multiple, significant pretrial criminal justice reforms as part of the state’s FY 2020 budget package. These changes will take effect in 2020. The reforms concern speedy access to trial, discovery in criminal cases, and bail and pretrial release.

DOJ Opposes Legislating Discovery Reform but Declines to Disclose Its Own Federal Criminal Discovery Blue Book; Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Filed Federal Suit Today -- Washington, DC (Feb. 21, 2014) – In response to the public furor over the "egregious misconduct" by Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors in the case of the late Senator Ted Stevens, whose conviction was vacated after post-trial investigations revealed that prosecutors had withheld significant exculpatory evidence from the defense, DOJ’s Office of Legal Education published, but has not made available to the public...

Texas Makes Progress on Discovery Reform; Governor Signs Michael Morton Act into Law -- Washington, DC (May 16, 2013) – In a week marking the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), holding that the government must disclose to the defense all information favorable to the accused, the State of Texas today took a significant step toward the realization of the promise of Brady. 

Legislation Would Enforce Government's Duty To Disclose Favorable Information to Accused - Washington, DC (July 7, 2011) – Many recent cases have exposed the fact that federal prosecutors, whether through negligence or by design, all too often fail to abide by their constitutional duty to disclose information favorable to the defendant.

Lab Fraud Found in Case of Inmate Already Executed NACDL President Calls For Discovery Reform, Death Penalty Moratorium - Washington, D.C. (August 31, 2001) - In response to revelations of falsified testimony by forensic chemist Joyce Gilchrist of the Oklahoma City Police Department forensic laboratory in the case of Malcolm Rent Johnson, who was executed in January, 2000, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Irwin Schwartz issued the following statement:

Unprecedented candor raises suspicion of criminal defense bar Government admission of undisclosed evidence is uncommon response to common situation - Washington, DC (May 11, 2001) -- In response to the admission by the Justice Department that more than 3,000 pages of interviews and other material were not properly and timely disclosed to the defense in the Timothy McVeigh case, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Edward Mallett issued the following statement: