Appellate Courts

On 7/15/2021 NJC participated in a virtual quarterly meeting with BJA officials, TCAP TTA Partners TJI and CCI, and CTAS PA3 TTA providers RurALCAP and FVTC regarding PA3 TTA progress.

This virtual “brown bag” discussion will bring together capital case and homicide prosecutors across the country virtually to discuss hate crimes and mass violence, specifically including a brief presentation on the Portland Train Attack. Attendees will workshop the issue with their peers and discuss potential outcomes and their own experiences in that area.

This conference is a regional in-person conference hosted in Athens, Georgia with the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia. The conference highlighted various topics to improve the prosecution of capital and capital-eligible cases. APA provided assistance with space rental, A/V, and other associated costs, and additionally provided travel/lodging/per diem for out-of-state presenters.

This webinar is a case study of the Urbanski trial--a racially-motivated killing of University of Maryland senior Richard Collins III, who was Black, in 2017. The lead prosecutor of this case will provide insights into how the case proceeded and the obstacles that were encountered in trying to prosecute this homicide as a hate crime. Attendees will be allotted time at the end of the presentation for questions. Scheduling of this webinar will depend on presenter(s) schedules.

This webinar is a rebroadcast of an earlier recorded webinar. This training will provide prosecutors with the tools necessary to properly anticipate and handle speedy trial challenges for capital-eligible cases pending during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will provide ample time for attendees to ask the presenter questions about their specific concerns and situations. The two-person panel will include a speaker from a jurisdiction governed by the Speedy Trial Act, and one from a jurisdiction that is not, to provide a more complete perspective for attendees.

This webinar will provide prosecutors with the tools necessary to properly anticipate and handle speedy trial challenges for capital-eligible cases pending during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will provide ample time for attendees to ask the presenter questions about their specific concerns and situations. The two-person panel will include a speaker from a jurisdiction governed by the Speedy Trial Act, and one from a jurisdiction that is not, to provide a more complete perspective for attendees.

This subgrantee seeks assistance in developing a two-day training aimed at honing criminal defense skill as well as fostering a sense of community among defenders. This reporting period we surveyed defense lawyers across the state to determine the best topics and format for delivering training. We also did outreach to the University of North Dakota Law in order to extend the training to include law students to create a pipeline to the defender community.

Part I: Minnesota, like jurisdictions across the country, has struggled with the persistent under representation of certain racial and ethnic minorities in its jury pools. In this comprehensive fair cross-section training we will cover some of the factors that contribute to those racial and ethnic disparities, why diverse juries matter, how the fair cross-section requirement differs from equal protection, as well as some model practices for improving jury diversity.

In this three-part webinar series titled “From the Community to the Courtroom: Increasing Diversity and Access to the Jury Box” the nation’s leading jury experts, scholars, and practitioners discussed why diverse juries matter, the challenges to achieving jury diversity, as well as what solutions and reforms are on the horizon.

In this three-part webinar series titled “From the Community to the Courtroom: Increasing Diversity and Access to the Jury Box” the nation’s leading jury experts, scholars, and practitioners discussed why diverse juries matter, the challenges to achieving jury diversity, as well as what solutions and reforms are on the horizon.