Bonnie Hoffman

Director of Public Defense Reform and Training at @NACDL. Former public defender. Tweets are my own views, RT≠Endorsement. [email protected]

[NACDL @NACDL]

🧵Judge orders state to produce data on indigent defendants in Wisconsin as lawyers seek class-action lawsuit
Relief sought for thousands of indigent defendants in Wisconsin awaiting public defenders for weeks or months on cases. - @KMadden715 for @USAToday Network - Wisconsin

[Colorado Freedom Fund @FreedomFundCO]

Aurora is 1 of only 2 CO cities with an in-house public defender. Why?

Domestic violence prosecutions and “ordinance games” make for complex, high-stakes cases. Yet, City Council wants to outsource indigent defense on the cheap. @ACLUofColorado

📰➡️ https://t.co/sum0UNA9yF

[Brendon Woods @BrendonWoodsPD]

Happy Birthday Jeff. Rest in power my friend. #Adachi #Defender #RestInPower

[Bonnie Hoffman @GideonGuardian]

https://t.co/WQniSCWIv9

[Monica Reid @ItsMonicaReid]

Past few years, amid cont. police violence & killing of unarmed Black people, we saw calls for racial justice & police reform. However we are in a climate where calls for more police grow louder in the name of public safety & the killing of Black people cont. #WhoKeepsUsSafe

[NACDL @NACDL]

Over 70 million people in the US face the devastating collateral consequences of a criminal record. To support record clearance, NACDL developed an Expungement Clinic Directory to help share your clinics with the community. Submit your upcoming events: https://t.co/J4kjCzRa5g

[NACDL @NACDL]

Live at #NACDLRaceMatters: Executive Director of @ohiojpc David Singleton shares perspectives on his work and guilt in the criminal legal system:
"...Our clients did at least some of what the government accused them of, and we are not just going to let them rot in prison."

[NACDL @NACDL]

Live at #NACDLRaceMatters: Al Gerhardstein & @IrisRoley present "Where We’re At: Collaborative Agreement 2002-2022". Featuring Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge

"If you leave here today with just one thought, it should be how to reduce the number of arrests." - Gerhardstein

[NACDL @NACDL]

This year, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the US Supreme Court case which recognized the right to counsel for all. Public Defender Austyn Caisse shares how she decided to become an attorney. #PublicDefense #Gideonat60

https://t.co/PweQlrJA39

[Fair and Just Prosecution @fjp_org]

FJP is proud to be part of the new Trial Penalty Coalition that is working to end the trial penalty, which too often punishes people with significantly longer sentences if they turn down a plea offer and exercise their constitutional right to a trial. https://t.co/WVyhyuDCdV

[NACDL @NACDL]

ICYMI: @johnson_carrie breaks down the trial penalty issue and the important work being done by numerous organizations and advocates to eliminate coercive plea bargaining. #EndtheTrialPenalty @martin_sabelli

https://t.co/gQbXkZgy7Q

[NACDL @NACDL]

On 5/18, 2pm ET, join NACDL for a webinar w/ Birmingham, AL Mayor @randallwoodfin & @RaceNYU Executive Director Jason D. Williamson on the fight for marijuana justice & their work to right the wrongs of racially discriminatory marijuana arrests. Register: https://t.co/KnvMUWQMpJ

[NACDL @NACDL]

60 years ago, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright recognized the right to counsel for all. “It is a robust #PublicDefense system that powers the engines that push the system to improve,” says @NACDL Board Member @caldefenseatty @Goodman_law

https://t.co/PweQlrJA39

[NACDL @NACDL]

The Louisiana Public Defenders love what they do! This year, public defenders celebrate the 60th anniversary of the US Supreme Court case which recognized the right to counsel for all. #PublicDefense #Gideonat60

Learn more: https://t.co/PweQlrJA39

[NACDL @NACDL]

🧵NACDL Commends @POTUS Commutations, Calls for Further Action https://t.co/v6nKWGOvXU #SecondChanceMonth

[NACDL @NACDL]

Report: Michigan 'problem-solving' courts lowered unemployment and recidivism rates for 2022 @michiganradio

Read the report: https://t.co/dVvUvPT5z5
https://t.co/5l3qKD0JYx

[NYSACDL @NYSACDL]

The budget is still not final and NYSACDL remains strongly opposed to the @GovKathyHochul's proposed rollbacks to bail laws.

These changes will send more Black and brown New Yorkers to deadly jails.

We ask the legislature to stand firm.

@NYSenDems @NYSA_Majority

[NACDL @NACDL]

Read NACDL’s Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences Report to learn about the importance of #SecondChances https://t.co/pKXTtzxP4e #SecondChanceMonth #EndMassIncarceration

[Bonnie Hoffman @GideonGuardian]

Kicking off Day 2 of South Dakota's Supporting Emerging Adults in the CLS w/ @EECauffman, explaining the way the gap b/t intelligence & psycho-social maturity impacts EA decision making. Thanks @SDUJS and @StateCourts for including me in this important discussion.