Pretrial

Planned to set up a phone call with AEquitas to discuss issue. Changed plan after request from KBI to send resources from the SAKI toolkit on pre-accusation delay. Note: I meant to say that this request came in on 5/18 not 5/25.

Planned to set up a phone call with AEquitas to discuss issue. Changed plan after request from KBI to send resources from the SAKI toolkit on pre-accusation delay. Note: I meant to say that this request came in on 5/18 not 5/25.

SAKI TTA will provide assistance with the planning, agenda, and conference approval submissions. They will work with AEquitas to ensure the event is as described by CT. CT SAKI will fund the trainers from AEquitas from their SAKI budget.

AEquitas to provide a 1-2 day Training on Strategies for Prosecuting Cold Case Sexual Assault specific to issues face in FL courts.

Provided advice and guidance to Thurston County, WA on planning for selection or creation of a pretrial risk assessment instrument, and preparing to validate the selected tool. We set an outline for a multi-phase TA engagement with them, and defined a scope of work for the first phase, guiding selection of an existing tool or planning for local development of a new tool.

The BYOC training programs provide intensive training to capital defense teams using the proven "Bring-Your-Own-Case" method. Capital defense is an extraordinarily demanding and complex practice that, when done poorly, represents one of the greatest continuing threats to the right to counsel in today’s criminal justice system. A capital case consists not of one trial, but two - a guilt phase and a penalty phase. Because of the irrevocability of capital punishment, capital cases constitutionally demand unique levels of investigation and preparation by defense counsel.

NACDL, working in consultation with Professor Michele LaVigne of the University of Wisconsin Law School, has drafted a pretrial release manual, tailored to the specific legal framework and Wisconsin’s defense bar’s needs and challenges. The manual includes a discussion of fundamental bail issues and case law, practice guidelines and checklists for effective bail advocacy, a catalog of Wisconsin's laws and procedures, sample pleadings, applicable risk-assessment tools, and cites to available resources within the jurisdiction.

By working with consultants from the Harris County Public Defender’s Office, NACDL is completing a pretrial release manual tailored to the specific legal framework and Harris County’s defense bar’s needs and challenges. The manual includes a discussion of fundamental bail issues and case law, practice guidelines and checklists for effective bail advocacy, a catalog of Harris County's laws and procedures, sample pleadings, applicable risk-assessment tools, and cites to available resources within the jurisdiction.

In connection with NACDL’s pretrial training and technical assistance in New Jersey we are producing training videos to support our previously published pretrial release manual and live training that were made pursuant to this grant.

The goal of the roundtable is to identify collaborative efforts that can help reduce violent crime and improve the capacity of prosecutors and law enforcement to hold offenders accountable. Attendees will also identify the steps necessary to replicate these efforts and discuss strategies to measure and evaluate their effectiveness. It is anticipated that the roundtable will include representatives from approximately twelve jurisdictions from across the nation.