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Letter to the House Judiciary Committee regarding penalties and prosecutorial requirements for revenge porn cases, as proposed in the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2896).
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).
NACDL Director of White Collar Crime Policy Shana-Tara Regon's letter to the House Judiciary Committee regarding proposed changes to the laws governing public corruption charges, as outlined in the Clean Up Government Act of 2011 (H.R.2572).
Board member Tim O'Toole's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding proposed changes to the laws governing public corruption charges, as outlined in the Clean Up Government Act of 2011 (H.R.2572).
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.
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding overcriminalizing and overcharging outlined in the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883).
Immediate Past President and Legislative Committee Chair Gerald Lefcourt's statement to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee regarding federalism and crime control.
NACDL Board member Barry Pollack's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding federal criminal fraud laws.
Letter to House leadership regarding Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 H.R. 1865 (115th Congress).
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner John Yates.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.
Congressional Overcriminalization Task Force Holds Hearing on Overfederalization of Criminal Law - Washington, DC (March 27, 2014) -- This morning, the bipartisan House Judiciary Overcriminalization Task Force held its second hearing of 2014, and the subject was "Overfederalization."
Congress’s Newly-Formed Overcriminalization Task Force to Hold Second Hearing this Friday, July 19 -- Washington, DC (July 16, 2013) – On May 7, 2013, The House Committee on the Judiciary voted unanimously to create the “Overcriminalization Task Force of 2013.” At a press briefing that day, Judiciary Committee and Overcriminalization Task Force leaders expressed agreement on the need to address several important issues...
NACDL President Steven D. Benjamin Testifies at Inaugural Congressional Overcriminalization Task Force Hearing; Calls for Reforms, Stresses Importance of Funding for Federal Indigent Defense -- Washington, DC (June 14, 2013) – The inaugural hearing of the first Congressional Task Force on Overcrimalization was held this morning in Congress before a standing room only crowd and broadcast live via the internet. NACDL President Steven D. Benjamin was one of the four witnesses.
House of Representatives Correct to Reject Flawed ‘Public Corruption’ Amendment to STOCK Act -- Washington, DC (February 9, 2012) – Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted legislation without the “public corruption” amendment included in the Senate version on a voice vote without debate.
