Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice

NACJ is a statewide criminal defense nonprofit in Nevada. Our mission: Effective representation through zealous advocacy, education, and community engagement.

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

It's a great day to advocate, educate, and vindicate.

Let's get it, Justice Warriors!

#nacj #equaljustice #

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Didn't @Nicole4Nevada just tell us how great Nevada's been on criminal justice reform?

[Battle Born Progress @BattleBornProg]

Let's see, there's AB395, AB201, AB160, AB243, AB268... a lot of criminal justice reform bills dying with a whimper in the @NevadaSenate. Didn't Nevada declare racism a public health crisis last year? 🤔 #NVleg

[Michelle Rindels @MichelleRindels]

.@ACLUNV with strong words about Nevada dropping the quest to end the death penalty.

Says Dem leaders in gov's office / Senate's "commitment to meaningful reform is nothing but lip service." Says situation "an embarrassment." Says blame for future executions lies with lawmakers:

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

The #MassLiberationProject is taking the People to the Carson City for a community-led lobbying event. Register to have your voice heard or donate to cover trip costs.

[LV-NLG @NLGLasVegas]

The failure to even schedule a hearing on #AB395 is absolutely unacceptable. It is time for Nevada to face the irreparably broken death penalty system @MelanieScheible @Nicole4Nevada

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

There is a path forward, @GovSisolak, you're just too cowardly to take it.

@Nicole4Nevada, @MelanieScheible, and Sisolak should have a robust conversation with persons on death row who are begging for their lives.

[John Piro @JohnPiroNV]

Want to know how the #nvleg can fix that budget hole that the Nevada Supreme Court just ruled on—Abolish the failed, racist, and expensive death penalty. #abolishthedeathpenalty #ab395 #nvleg

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

@Nicole4Nevada and @MelanieScheible need to stop playing political games with peoples' lives. #nvleg

[Michelle Rindels @MichelleRindels]

Asked if the death penalty bill will get a hearing, Senate Majority Leader @Nicole4Nevada said she had nothing more to add. Asked if that meant yes or no, she said she had nothing more to add. Bill will die if it gets no hearing by tomorrow. #nvleg #AB395

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

#MassLiberation is reuniting mommas and their kiddos for #MothersDay, and reminding the #nvleg how urgent the decriminalization of traffic infractions really is.

@leslieatPLAN for President!

https://t.co/T4HxUgjCOu

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Repealing the death penalty is one of many ways the #nvleg can improve a broken criminal-legal system plagued by systemic racism.

NACJ sent a letter to @MelanieScheible demanding a hearing on AB395 in the Senate. Let's see some action to match @Nicole4Nevada's wise words.

[Nicole Cannizzaro @Nicole4Nevada]

George Floyd's family will never stop feeling his loss, but the Minnesota AG and Chauvin jury have shown that accountability is possible. We must continue to work to correct systemic inequities that have allowed too many law enforcement injustices to go unpunished in the past.

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

The death penalty "is intimately tied to violent structures of racism that permeated the legal structures in America’s past and that remain omnipresent in the current justice system."

ABOLISH. #nvleg https://t.co/9IoI13vsSC

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

ANSWER: Because silencing communities of color is the only hope men like @Wheeler4Nevada and @Pickard4Nevada stay in power.

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Let's play Jeopardy-ish!

CATEGORY: Why is this racist? 🤔

CLUE: #AB168 takes a peaceful protest, and redefines it as a riot. Then it punishes a peaceful protest like a riot--with felonies.🤬

We'll start.

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Thank you @Nicole4Nevada!

[Return Strong! @returnstrongnv]

Cannizzaro challenges prison director on inmate money seizures https://t.co/ld6Zav0Yvo via @NevadaCurrent

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

This is where we are on the issue of race in Nevada:

@Wheeler4Nevada just asked whether a bill to address systemic racism is "just for people of color" or whether it would also protect persons "walking while white."

Walking. While. White.

#nvleg

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

We are proud to have signed this letter and hope that the people's branch of government will find a fair, reasonable, and consistent way to hear us all. #nvleg

[Nevada Senate Republicans @NVGOPSenate]

Over 60 local organizations are requesting the #nvleg to "institute a fair, standardized, and uniform system of rules for participation across all committees and for all meetings" during the 2021 session. Senate Republicans agree. https://t.co/0fdHDgtBhq

[Nevada Senate Republicans @NVGOPSenate]

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[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Turns out forensic pathologists aren't above cognitive bias. We all knew it, but now we have the empirical data.

Check out the article here:
https://t.co/GBVRztcrOT

[Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice @NACJDefenders]

Banning no-knock warrants is the best option. But we support the reasonable compromise in Amended SB50.

Nevadans deserve nothing less than meticulously justified, safely executed knock warrants.

#nvleg