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With protections in place, body cameras have the potential to better document encounters between police officers and citizens while mitigating competing concerns about their potential for misuse or abuse.
Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.
Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey
Brief of Amicus Curiae for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of the Appellee.
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.
Snapchat's Guide for Law Enforcement regarding the required legal processes for obtaining information for users' accounts.
Compelled cell phone password & seizure materials.
Motion to suppress memorandum on lack of necessity regarding wiretap evidence.
In The General Court of Justice Superior Court Division: State of North Carolina v. Farrar;
Memorandum of law in support of defendants motion to suppres evidence (wiretap)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Brennan Center for Justice, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and New America's Open Technology Institute in Support of Defendant-Appellant Seeking Affirmance.
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Brennan Center for Justice, Center for Democracy and Technology, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal
The Board of Directors adopts the model legislation
NACDL adopts a report and recommendations on law enforcement searches of digital evidence.
NACDL adopts a report and recommendations to address flaws through reform to the mail cover program.
