NC Indigent Defense Services

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[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Sarah Olson, IDS Forensic Resource Counsel, along with @DeanKerryAbrams, Dean of Duke Law School, at the 6th Annual Whiskey in the Courtroom hosted by Duke Law

[Duke Law @DukeLaw]

Right now, the 6th Annual Whiskey in the Courtroom is underway at Duke Law, with opening remarks from @DeanKerryAbrams.

The event examines the latest trends in forensic evidence, limitations to this evidence, and legal challenges that can be made.

➡️ https://t.co/FX10MwxzQq

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

@ProfJessieSmith entire thread on the cost of failing to ensure effective assistance of counsel is spot on but this one really resonates with me. Which one catches you?

[Jessica Smith @ProfJessieSmith]

/7 Inadequate indigent defense services compromise the integrity of the justice system, by calling its
fairness into question. And b/c people in the lowest income groups are most likely to require indigent defense services, failures are felt most acutely by these
individuals.

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Check out @ProfJessieSmith phenomenally concise thread about the cost of a system that doesn't provide effective assistance of counsel.

[Jessica Smith @ProfJessieSmith]

@joannaelandau @BrendonWoodsPD @NapD @JRapping @larabazelon @IndianaPDCom @thesajidakhan 1/ A NC Blue Ribbon Commission concluded: a system that doesn't provide effective assistance of counsel --> costs to victims, families, communities, taxpayers & criminal justice system as a whole

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

To fully realize the criminal justice reforms newly elected progressive prosecutors seek, public defenders must be part of the solution.

https://t.co/PwLvtouIDt

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Tune into WUNC (91.5 in triangle) at noon today to hear Fred Lind, recently retired Guilford County Chief. 45 years with the PD office. I bet he has some stories!

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Submitted from a contracting attorney: Can you waive a transfer hearing if you wanted to, or if it's mandatory to have one?

[NC Office of the Juvenile Defender @NCOJD]

We're starting! #RaiseTheAgeNC

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Got forensics? IDS can help. https://t.co/HWy6ZVNbLc

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

They had me at probabilistic genotyping. But seriously, on 12/13 the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office is hosting a free to attend CLE on DNA Mixture Interpretation. More at the link. https://t.co/3mEkDWNBON

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Have you ever thought about why you would plead guilty? Especially if you weren't?

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

On 10/25, @NC_IDS Executive Director, @ThomasM73593361, spent the day w other NC criminal justice reform stakeholders. The meetings are regional, which helps get messages to local actors @ ways they can improve pre-trial release. #safeguardjusticeNC

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

@NC_IDS is very excited to continue working with Darrin, a committed commissioner and able chair. Thanks for all you do to #safeguardjusticeNC, Darrin.
https://t.co/5PeIAi6MJD

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

These regional round tables give local folks at seat at the table for creative thinking about how to address the negative impact caused by even a short period of pre-trial incarceration.

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Ms. Puckett- Williams did it bc she couldn't make bond and she didn't want her child to start their life in a jail.
https://t.co/2KQi2vIkQR

[Center for Justice Innovation @innovjustice]

Poor academic performance, dropout, and arrest—our latest report finds that the use of suspension in schools leads to negative outcomes and is disparately applied to students by race, disability, or economic status. https://t.co/69ov3qRB99

[Brandon Garrett @brandonlgarrett]

Judge Sarah Olson and fingerprint specialist Kate Philpott ready for trial to begin! ⁦@CSAFE_CoE⁩ ⁦@DukeLaw⁩

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Forensic evidence has never been more important in criminal cases. So join Duke Law for a short course on forensic evidence litigation. Attendance is limited. Check it out.
https://t.co/DyCgObNqFg

[NC Indigent Defense Services @NC_IDS]

Having trouble finding your client? Try https://t.co/7jH47SsgrS
HT: Chief Regional Defender Tucker Charns

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Want to help safeguard individual liberty and the Constitution? Want to help equip NC defenders with adequate resources? IDS NEEDS YOU. https://t.co/WJPv8xA2iU

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Even lawyers must sometimes engage in the cat retweet. It's kind of obligatory.

[American Bar Association @ABAesq]

Through a remarkable turn of events, a Brazilian cat has become a lawyer: https://t.co/F7lHffuHTx

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NC is closing 3 minimum-security prisons. Now is as good a time as any to stop & ask: Is an active sentence appropriate? Why are so many low-level non-violent offenders taking all these beds?
https://t.co/KCkjDbiP7I