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Colorado Pretrial Assessment Tool (CPAT) Validation Study Final Report by Victoria A. Terrapova and Kyle C. Ward, University of Northern Colorado. Published July 1, 2020.
List of data collection statutes in Colorado and some outcomes related to their implementation, including reports, successful passage of laws reforming the criminal legal system, and websites where public data is available.
Prepared by Rebecca Wallace, Senior Staff Attorney and Senior Policy Counsel at the ACLU of Colorado.
Powerpoint on the Law Enforcement Accountability Database Project. Prepared by Julie Ciccolini for the 2020 State Criminal Justice Network Conference.
List of statutory or policy changes that legislators could enact to enhance victims' rights instead of the constitutional amendment, Marsy's Law. Submitted by Laura Hessburg for the 2020 State Criminal Justice Network Conference.
Real Justice: Victims' Rights Delivered Report and Recommendations by Heather Warnken, Esq., LL.M., Legal Policy Associate, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at University of California, Berkley School of Law (2012).
A 2012 report assessing the Marsy's Law amendment four years after its passage in California.
Includes: 1) A list of states that are completely confidential regarding transparency of police discipline records and 2) A list of states where records are not completely confidential, but transparency is restricted for a variety of reasons. Prepared by Rebecca Brown, Director of Policy at Innocence Project, for the 2020 State Criminal Justice Network Conference.
Overview of parole and probation reform in California over the last ten years. Includes list of relevant legislation considered by the California State Legislature from 2018-2020. Prepared by Stephen A. Munkelt, Executive Director of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, for the 2020 State Criminal Justice Network Conference.
Evidence Law Scholars Amicus Brief in Support of Paul L Behren's Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in U.S. v. Clay (9/12/16)
Brief for Defendant-Appellant Todd Farha to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in U.S. v. Clay (9/19/14)
Brief for Defendant-Appellant Paul Behrens to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in U.S. v. Clay (9/19/14)
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