2020

April 13, 2020
SCOTUS Sets Cases For May Telephonic Oral Argument
April 7, 2020
AG Barr Tells US Attorneys To Consider "vulnerability to COVID-19" When Litigating Pre-Trial Detention
April 7, 2020
Training Division Releases Two Videos On Representing Clients During COVID-19 Pandemic
April 6, 2020
WAPO Opinion Predicts Many More COVID-19 Prison Deaths If Barr & Congress Don't Act Now
April 6, 2020
SCOTUS Holds Police May Stop Vehicle If License Plate Check Shows Owner’s Driver’s License Revoked
April 6, 2020
BOP Update on COVID-19 And Home Confinement
April 3, 2020
AG Barr Orders BOP To Expand Use Of Home Confinement, Starting With Most Vulnerable Inmates At Most Affected Facilities
April 3, 2020
Courts Granting Growing Number Of Compassionate Releases Due To COVID-19
April 1, 2020
Defender Community Urges AG Barr To Transfer Inmates To Home Confinement Under CARES Act To Prevent Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
April 1, 2020
Webinar Today: Expanding Pretrial Release In The Age of COVID-19
March 31, 2020
Judicial Conference Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 30, 2020
Another Dissent To Denial Of Certiorari For Unconstitutionally Sentenced Prisoners
March 30, 2020
CARES Act Enacted: Expanding BOP's Home Confinement Authority & Inmate Video Visitation & Court Video/Teleconferencing
March 30, 2020
First BOP Inmate Dies from COVID-19: Coronavirus Spreading At FCC Oakdale In Louisiana
March 26, 2020
Helpful Chart About Benefits of CARES ACT to Federal Defendants
March 26, 2020
Sentencing Commission Publishes 2019 Annual Report and 2019 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics
March 25, 2020
SCOTUS Holds Due Process Does Not Require States To Provide Traditional Insanity Defense
March 25, 2020
Supreme Court Rebukes Fifth Circuit’s Outlier Plain Error Review Practice
March 25, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Holds Hobbs Act Robbery Is Not A Crime Of Violence Under The Career Offender Guideline
March 20, 2020
Federal Public & Community Defender Letter To AG Barr For Immediate COVID-19 Relief
March 19, 2020
Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Cert Petitions
March 4, 2020
Supreme Court Unanimously Holds That A “Serious Drug Offense” Under ACCA Means A State Offense That “Involves” The Conduct Specified In Section § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii).
March 4, 2020
Supreme Court Grants Cert To Decide If ACCA’s “Use of Force” Clause Includes Crimes With A Mens Rea Of Recklessness
February 25, 2020
Supreme Court Holds State Court of Appeals, Not a Jury, Can Reweigh Aggravating & Mitigating Circumstances on Capital Habeas Review
February 6, 2020
Helpful Email & Phone Number: Potential Immigration Consequences Of Pending Charges

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