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Racial Bias Training: An Overview of the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Approach
There is no question---racial and ethnic disparities abound in our criminal justice system. Racial bias, both conscious and unconscious, results in more people of color being stopped, arrested, convicted and imprisoned than ever before. Criminal defense lawyers and public defenders are not immune to bias and, of all people in the system, should be aware of their biases and keep them in check.
Confession cases are some of the most difficult to defend; juries, judges prosecutors and even some criminal defense lawyers often believe that only guilty people confess to crimes. The Brendan Dassey case, shown in the Netflix Documentary "Making A Murderer" has highlighted the problem of coerced and false confessions. In the webinar we will focus on both suppressing confessions and persuading juries that confessions are false. Deja Vishny will focus on how to litigate motions to suppress due to Miranda violations, involuntariness and lack of reliability.
NLADA will inform the criminal justice community about the Smart Defense Initiative at conferences and training events hosted by BJA, NLADA, and other stakeholders.
The first of two in-person grantee meetings required by the Smart Defense Grant solicitation. https://www.bja.gov/Funding/15SmartDefenseTTAsol.pdf
This Inter-Site Summit will provide Smart Defense Sites the opportunity to exchange lessons learned and build their network to support each other through the grant and beyond.
Monthly calls with grantee agency and research partners to inform BJA of ongoing progress and assist sites with reporting to BJA.
Monthly calls with grantee agency and research partners to inform BJA of ongoing progress and assist sites with reporting to BJA.
Monthly calls with grantee agency and research partners to inform BJA of ongoing progress and assist sites with reporting to BJA.
Monthly calls with grantee agency and research partners to inform BJA of ongoing progress and assist sites with reporting to BJA.
NLADA will provide technical assistance to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC)) and their research partner to develop a data driven communication strategy to inform policy decisions for the improvement of indigent defense in this state. A key strategic component is the Smart Defense Portal, a highly accessible communication system informing jurisdictions of their performance on multiple quality indicators, and keeping policymakers apprised of “the state of indigent defense” in Texas.
NLADA will provide technical assistance to the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) as they work with the agencies responsible for the city’s private assigned counsel system (commonly referred to as the 18b panel) in order to assess and improve their ability to measure the quality of representation of the attorneys they supervise.
ABA Ten Principles focus:
#8 – Resource Parity
#10 – Standards & Supervision
