The Defender Services Office Training Division furthers the right to effective assistance of counsel by providing training and other resources to attorneys appointed under the Criminal Justice Act.

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July 14, 2017
Office of the Inspector General Issues Review of BOP's Use of Restrictive Housing for Inmates with Mental Illness
July 11, 2017
Sentencing Commission Releases Report of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System
June 26, 2017
The Supreme Court Grants, Vacates, and Remands Petition After Government Confesses that Defendant Wrongly Sentenced to Pre-FSA Mandatory Minimum Was Error that Was Plain, Leaving to Fifth Circuit to Decide Remaining Plain Error Test Prongs
June 26, 2017
Supreme Court Refuses to Extend Exceptions Found in Martinez and Trevino to Defaulted Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel Claims
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Materials that will help you argue for the best sentence possible for your clients.

Important resources for representing non-citizens in any case.

Defenses and sentencing arguments in illegal re-entry and illegal entry, harboring, smuggling, and transporting cases.

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