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Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendants-Appellants.
These briefs on a series of questions, including whether the government is required to prove knowledge of drug type and quantity to trigger mandatory minimum and increased maximum sentences in drug cases were filed in the 9th Circuit by the federal defender and sentencing resource counsel in LA.
Mandatory minimum sentences require judges to impose inappropriately harsh sentences that waste tax dollars and overcrowd prisons with low-level, nonviolent offenders.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed 1997 Amendments.
Coalition letter to the House Judiciary Committee regarding proposed changes to sentencing and other aspects of human trafficking offenses, as addressed in the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (H.R. 181) and Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 285).
President Jerry Cox's letter to members of the Senate regarding federal sentencing proposals included in the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 (S. 1410).
Letter with the National Association of Federal Defenders to members of the House regarding concerns for cases in tribal courts as addressed in the proposed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (H.R. 4970).
Letter with the National Association of Federal Defenders to members of the Senate regarding concerns for cases in tribal courts as addressed in the proposed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (S. 1925).
State legislatures and lawmakers in Washington, D.C., should consider passing statutes giving the right to defendants who have served 10 years to request a reconsideration of their sentences in light of their performance in prison and their achievements after being sentenced.
Coalition letter to members of the Senate regarding pending legislation that would expand the drug scheduling and penalties for synthetic substances, as proposed in the Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (S. 605), the Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 2011 (S. 409), and the Combating Designer Drugs Act of 2011 (S, 839). Also referenced: Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (H.R. 1254).
President John Wesley Hall's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding overcriminalization of conduct and overfederalization in the criminal code.
NACDL treasurer Bill Moffitt's testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding "three strikes" laws that result in mandatory minimum sentences.
NACDL President Gerald Goldstein's written statement to the Judicial Conference Committee on Long Range Planning regarding the future of the federal courts as laid out in the proposed long-range plan.
The instant Indictment and a companion Indictment accuse 25 people, mostly young, overwhelmingly people of color, and many of them heroin addicts, of a conspiracy conducted essentially by communication through cell phones.
