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100I (National Academy of Sciences Report on Forensic Science – Access to Evidence) Urges federal, state, local and territorial governments, legislative bodies and courts to provide the funds and other resources necessary to assure that in criminal cases an accused: 1) is able to obtain testing or re‐testing of evidence, and 2) is provided expert testimonial or other assistance when necessary to assure a fair trial or sentencing proceeding. For full versions of these recommendations, see the Policy page on the Criminal Justice Section at www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy POLICY APPROVED BY THE ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES IN FEBRUARY 2010 The ABA Criminal Justice Section sponsored, or cosponsored with various other entities, the following recommendations submitted to the House of Delegates for consideration at the 2010 Midyear Meeting in Orlando. All recommendations were approved as official ABA policy. Criminal Justice Section Sponsored REPORT 102A (Collateral Consequences for Juveniles) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial and local governments to increase the opportunities of youth involved with the juvenile or criminal justice systems and to prevent the continuing discrimination against those who have been involved with these systems in the past by limiting the collateral consequences of juvenile arrests, adjudications, and convictions. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102a.pdf REPORT 102B (Standardized Miranda Warnings for Juveniles) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all federal, state, territorial and local legislative bodies and governmental agencies to support the development of simplified Miranda warning language for use with juvenile arrestees. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102b.pdf REPORT 102C (Misdemeanor Prosecutions) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges local, state, territorial and federal governments to undertake a comprehensive review of the misdemeanor provisions of their criminal laws, and, where appropriate, to allow the imposition of civil fines or nonmonetary civil remedies instead of criminal penalties, including fines and incarceration. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102c.pdf REPORT 102D (Judicial Role in Avoiding Wrongful Convictions) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges policy making bodies of federal, state, local and territorial courts to adopt, a procedure whereby a criminal trial court shall conduct at a reasonable time prior to a criminal trial, a conference with the parties to ensure that they are ABA Criminal Justice Section Annual Report 2009-2010 7
fully aware of their respective disclosure obligations under applicable discovery rules, statutes, ethical standards and the federal and state constitutions and to offer the court’s assistance in resolving disputes over disclosure obligations. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102d.pdf REPORT 102E (Impact of Incarceration on Mother/Child Relationship) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial, and local governments to ensure that judicial, administrative, legislative, and executive authorities expand, as appropriate in light of security and safety concerns, initiatives that facilitate contact and communication between parents in correctional custody and their children in the free community. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102e.pdf. REPORT 102F (Need for Legal Services for Prisoners on Family Law Issues) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges bars, bar associations, and law schools to consider and expand, as appropriate, initiatives that assist criminal defendants and prisoners in avoiding undue consequences of arrest and conviction on their custodial and parental rights. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102f.pdf. REPORT 102G (Lawyers and Politics) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the President and the Attorney General to assure that lawyers in the Department of Justice do not make decisions concerning investigations or proceedings based upon partisan political interests and do not perceive that they will be rewarded for, or punished for not, making a decision based upon partisan political interests. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102g.pdf. REPORT 102I (Prisoner Standards) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association adopts the black letter of the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners dated February 2010 to supplant the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on the Legal Status of Prisoners; and that Standards 7‐10.2 and Standards 7‐10.5 through 7‐10.9 of the ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards are supplanted by Standard 23‐6.15 of the Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102i.pdf. REPORT 102J (John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008) RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to ensure that funding for the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 (Section 951 of PL 110‐315) is expanded beyond its original authorization of $25 million to cover the actual national need; and that the American Bar Association urges Congress to lift the proposed expiration of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008. The entire resolution is available at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/midyear2010/102j.pdf. ABA Criminal Justice Section Annual Report 2009-2010 8
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