post-conviction

NACDL will conduct an in-person, one-day training for at least 150 defense attorneys on litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. The goal of this training is to increase the ability of attorneys representing individuals in post-conviction proceedings to efficiently and effectively evaluate and litigate cases involving claims of innocence.

APA and NACDL presented the next webinar in the CIU series on April 23, 2019 at 3pm EST: Evolution of a Conviction Integrity Unit. Santa Clara County first established its conviction integrity unit in 2004. Over the last fifteen years, the function of the CIU has changed, and lessons have been learned. This webinar discussed how Santa Clara’s CIU was established, and how it evolved over time from a small unit that reviewed individual cases to a centralized function that seeks to prevent wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in the first place.

NACDL and subgrantee APA worked to produce a webinar on the operation of a successful CIU and its collaboration with the defense. On Tuesday March 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM EST this webinar kicked off the planned Conviction Integrity Webinar Mini-Series. To better understand the issues and practices related to Conviction Integrity and Conviction Review Units, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Bureau of Justice Assistance presented a discussion of mechanics and obstacles of starting a conviction review unit and the results of a national survey of conviction review practices and units.

NACDL will conduct an in-person, one-day training for at least 150 defense attorneys on litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. The goal of this training is to increase the ability of attorneys representing individuals in post-conviction proceedings to efficiently and effectively evaluate and litigate cases involving claims of innocence.

In March 2017, NACDL provided a faculty member for the Federal Defender Services capital habeas training: “7th National Seminar on Forensic Evidence & the Criminal Law.” NACDL Senior Resource Counsel trained federal habeas corpus lawyers on the results and lessons from the FBI Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review, problems with the scientific validity of hair comparison evidence, relevance to other feature comparison disciplines and litigating innocence cases. (grant travel funds were NOT needed for this)

NACDL Senior Resource Counsel Vanessa Antoun and Post-Conviction Counsel provided instruction at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Conference in Knoxville Tennessee on August 5th. Our presentation, Under the Microscope: Focusing on the FBI Hair Review and Beyond covered information for post-conviction lawyers about the microscopic hair comparison review, and training for lawyers who handle those cases, or other post-conviction innocence claims involving flawed or unreliable forensic evidence.

NACDL will conduct an in-person, one-day training for at least 150 defense attorneys on litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. The goal of this training is to increase the ability of attorneys representing individuals in post-conviction proceedings to efficiently and effectively evaluate and litigate cases involving claims of innocence.

NACDL will conduct an in-person, one-day training for at least 150 defense attorneys on litigating post-conviction claims of innocence. The goal of this training is to increase the ability of attorneys representing individuals in post-conviction proceedings to efficiently and effectively evaluate and
litigate cases involving claims of innocence.