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Webinar on recantation evidence and its uses for innocence claims.
Motion to suppress memorandum on lack of necessity regarding wiretap evidence.
North Carolina Wake County, In The General Court of Justice Superior Court Division: State of North Carolina v. Taylor Evidentiary Hearing Volume IV to VI
Coalition letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership regarding applying the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 417, 2009) to maintain national security while ensuring proper due process.
Full Title: American Bar Association Statement of Best Practices For Promoting Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification Procedures.
A set of guidelines by the ABA for eyewitness identification in photospreads and lineups.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.
Decoding the Rules of Evidence: The Rule of Completeness. Presenter, Cheryl Stein
Decoding the Rules of Evidence: Judicial Notice. Presenter: Cheryl Stein
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner.
Joint Amicus curiae brief of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU Foundation of Pennsylvania, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of affirmance of the district court.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
Amicus curiae brief of the Child Welfare League of America, the Juvenile Law Center, and NACDL in support of petitioners.
Brief of FAMM and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent.
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Aoki Center for Critical Race and National Studies in Support of Petitioner-Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc
