Defense Lawyers Offer Post-Prison Advice
“The United States not only imprisons people at far higher rates than any other democracy, but it also leads the world in imposing a vast network of life-altering consequences on the millions of individuals who pass through the nation's criminal justice system each year,” Atlanta defense attorney Drew Findling said.
June 04, 2019 at 04:12 PM
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Under the leadership of Atlanta celebrity defense attorney Drew Findling, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers released a series of recommendations Tuesday to mitigate the lasting negative effects of incarceration.
“The United States not only imprisons people at far higher rates than any other democracy, but it also leads the world in imposing a vast network of life-altering consequences on the millions of individuals who pass through the nation's criminal justice system each year,” Findling said in the foreword to a report posted on the NACDL website. “The nation's criminal defense bar is determined to reverse these policies.”
The report is the product of research and conversations that began in Atlanta last August. Findling started his term as ACDL president then by hosting a national conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis titled “Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences: Exploring Moral Principles and Economic Innovations to Restore Rights and Opportunity.” Defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges gathered to examine the effect of penalties and disabilities following a criminal conviction. The conference also highlighted the groundbreaking work to help people return to a productive path.
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