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The nation’s criminal defense bar association since 1958.

 Washington, D.C.
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Joined March 2009
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Now more than ever, it is important to be part of a strong #criminaldefense community. NACDL Member Ruth Liebesman is raving about the NACDLConnect online discussion group! Join NACDL today with our special promotion, code 'save25' for $25-off membership. buff.ly/TM5tXZz
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to add new legal protections for defendants accused of providing drugs that caused a deadly overdose. @SpotlightPA @edmahonreporter buff.ly/Fd8Akvv

PA Supreme Court rejects co-user defense in fatal overdose cases

Pennsylvania is known as a national leader for bringing overdose death charges, but critics say they often punish fellow drug users.

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"C. Melissa Owen, an attorney and president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, was disappointed with the court’s decision.
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"'It is unthinkable that joint drug use can be made a homicide,' she told Spotlight PA. 'We anticipate this ruling will further discourage individuals from seeking help during an overdose, causing the very harm the law purports to prevent.'"
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NACDL members can attest that this membership association is a powerful collective voice that advocates for justice and saves time for the #criminaldefense community. Join NACDL today with our special promotion, code 'save25' for $25-off membership. buff.ly/TM5tXZz
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Introducing Defend(H)ers, a new podcast from NACDL's Women in Criminal Defense Committee! From death row to the streets of Harlem to Guantanamo Bay, women criminal defense attorneys speak in their own voices about the cases, the clients, and the community they built.
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In the first episode, Melinda Sarafa speaks with Teny Geragos about the Sean Combs trial, her approach to cross-examination, and why being a woman in that chair mattered. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen now: buff.ly/KlVtBcM

Defend(H)ers

Careers Podcast · Video · From death row to the streets of Harlem to Guantanamo Bay, women criminal defense attorneys speak in their own voices about the cases, the clients, and the community they...

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NACDL members can attest that this membership association is a powerful collective voice that advocates for justice and adds value to the #criminaldefense community. Join NACDL today with our special promotion, code 'save25' for $25-off membership. buff.ly/r36A8Qk
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Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar: Livestreaming an Execution Is an Affront to Human Dignity and Without Precedent in U.S. History Read more: buff.ly/GW22mQv
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A federal judge in Oklahoma threw out Flock license-plate-reader evidence, ruling a warrantless search of a month of a driver's movements unconstitutional — citing June's Supreme Court Chatrie decision. buff.ly/BznYaAc

Oklahoma judge’s Flock ruling shows the power of Supreme Court’s digital evidence decision

How a recent Supreme Court decision on geofencing influenced a federal judge to toss a sheriff's Flock camera evidence in a drug trafficking case.

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Thaxter: the ruling "correctly recognized that Chatrie holds that our location history is constitutionally protected and a warrant is required to track our physical movements." The parallels between cellphone and plate-reader records, he said, "practically leap off the page."
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What's next: legal experts expect many more challenges like this across the country as Chatrie reshapes how courts treat digital location tracking. NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center — which helped litigate Chatrie — is at the center of that fight.
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Day 2 at @NACDL's Fall Meeting & Seminar. The conversations happening here about mental health, stigma, and the realities of criminal defense are exactly why this work matters. Proud to be a Gold Sponsor. #NACDLFall
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Day 2 at @NACDL's Fall Meeting & Seminar. The conversations happening here about mental health, stigma, and the realities of criminal defense are exactly why this work matters. Proud to be a Gold Sponsor. #NACDLFall
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Christa Pike survived Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her on Sept. 30. Can the state try again? Experts tell @AP it would push into uncharted legal territory: buff.ly/rpfTltI

Trying to execute Christa Pike again would push into uncharted legal territory, experts say

After Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived an execution attempt it's unclear whether the state will try again.

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Johnson expects years of litigation over whether she's even competent to be executed. Experts call it uncharted territory. One death-penalty lawyer argues a second attempt, after she already suffered the drugs, could be torture barred by the Eighth Amendment.
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NACDL opposes the death penalty and is calling for it to end. Our full statement: buff.ly/O8ZbzWP

NACDL - News Release ~ Christa Pike

Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar: Botched Execution of Christa Pike Exposes the Moral Failure of the Death Penalty – Washington DC (October 1, 2026) – Following Tennessee’s botched execution of Christa...

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