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News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2021 October 28, 2021 Virginia Gets Two New Federal Judges; Former Federal Defender and Prosecutor October 28, 2021 Defenders Send Letter Urging Senate Leadership to Pass 4 Pending Criminal Justice Reform Bills October 27, 2021 President Nominates First Asian-American To Become U S Attorney in Pittsburgh October 26, 2021 Sentencing Commission Data Tool JSIN Is Deeply Flawed October 19, 2021
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News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2024 September 17, 2024 Sentencing Commission Releases New Quick Facts September 16, 2024 Eleventh Circuit Finds "Physically Restrained" Enhancement Applies Without Restraint September 13, 2024 Fifth Circuit Rejects Lawsuit Against Texas Prosecutor Who Also Worked For Judge September 12, 2024 Split Second Circuit Affirms Conviction By Jury of 11 September 6, 2024 DOJ Investigates Sexual Abuse
News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2021 February 5, 2021 Virginia Set To Become 23rd State To Abolish Death Penalty February 4, 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak At Baltimore Federal Jail Leads To Lockdown February 4, 2021 Black History Month Book Recommendations: Cicely Tyson, Angie Thomas, and more February 3, 2021 Federal Judge Orders Oregon Prisons To Vaccinate Officers and Inmates February 2, 2021 Supreme Court Releases Lighter March
News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2021 February 16, 2021 Second Circuit: NY Can Release Cops' Discipline Records February 13, 2021 Circuit Certifies ACCA Question To State Supreme Court February 12, 2021 Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Alabama Inmate Who Requested Pastor's Presence February 12, 2021 First Circuit Approves Border Searches of Phones and Laptops February 10, 2021 Federal Defenders: Biden Administration Can Act
News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2021 February 18, 2021 Sentenced To Death But Innocent: Stories of injustices February 17, 2021 NACDL Proposes Model Due Process Protection Act Order February 16, 2021 Second Circuit: NY Can Release Cops' Discipline Records February 13, 2021 Circuit Certifies ACCA Question To State Supreme Court February 12, 2021 Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Alabama Inmate Who Requested Pastor's Presence
News | Defender Services Office - Training Division 2020 September 21, 2020 Gasping For Air: Autopsies Reveal Troubling Effects Of Lethal Injection September 18, 2020 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 September 17, 2020 Judge Slams Prosecutors On Botched Case, Makes Them Read Ruling September 16, 2020 Supreme Court To Hear October Arguments By Telephone Conference September 15, 2020 Two Dead Of Virus At US