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22ND ANNUAL STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE NETWORK CONFERENCE

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PROGRAM SUMMARY:

Every year, NACDL brings together advocates from around the country for its
Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference. This year, we are pleased to
once again bring this event to you as a FREE, live virtual conference!

Beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET daily starting Wednesday, August 16th through
Thursday, August 17th, we will offer participants an opportunity to hear from
experts from around the country on a range of state criminal justice reform
issues and network with like-minded advocates. Conference speakers and
participants include practitioners, advocates, and individuals directly affected
by the criminal justice system, providing stakeholders who seek reforms that
will have a lasting impact on their communities with valuable insight on
existing and promising reform efforts nationwide. 

We look forward to your participation in this year’s conference!

Please direct any questions to Monica L. Reid, Senior Director of Advocacy, at
mreid@nacdl.org. 

LOCATION: Online LIVE Virtual Conference
DATE: August 16-17, 2023
TIME: 1:00pm-5:00pm ET daily (10:00am – 2:00pm PT)
COST: FREE

*No CLE credits are being offered for this program. 


AGENDA

The program agenda and faculty are subject to change.

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 1:00-1:10 pm  Opening & Welcome - Michael Heiskell,
President, NACDL & Monica L. Reid, Senior Director of Advocacy, NACDL 1:10-2:10
pm 

Setting the Stage: 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in America – Where Do We Go
From Here? 

2023 marks the 50th year since the U.S. prison population began its
extraordinary surge. To date over five million people are under supervision by
the criminal legal system, and nearly two million people, disproportionately
Black, are currently incarcerated in our nation’s jails and prisons. This
represents a 500 percent increase since 1973.  

How did we get here? Many of the conditions that drove this exponential rise in
incarceration persists, including the failed War on Drugs, racially biased
policing, disproportionate pretrial practices and sentencing outcomes and the
expanded use of lengthy sentences. 

As advocates mark 50 years of mass incarceration, what is needed to meaningfully
decarcerate our nation’s jails and prisons? Join us for this opening panel
discussion, as we set the stage for the 22nd Annual State Criminal Justice
Network Conference, answering the question, where do we go from here?  

Moderator: Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project 

 * Khalil Cumberbatch, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Council on Criminal
   Justice 

 * Premal Dharia, Executive Director, Institute to End Mass Incarceration at
   Harvard Law 

 * Cynthia Roseberry, Acting Director, ACLU Justice Division, American Civil
   Liberties Union 

2:10-2:30 pm  Break 2:30-3:30 pm 

 Pretextual Policing 

Moderator: Jumana Musa, Director, Fourth Amendment Center, NACDL 

Panelists: 

 * Brad Haywood, Founder, Justice Forward Virginia 

3:30-4:00 pm  Break 4:00-5:00 pm

How to Meaningfully Advance Pretrial and Bail Reform, while Combatting
Misinformation 

Despite assurances that, “[I]n our society, liberty is the norm, and detention
prior to trial…the carefully limited exception,” over 75 percent of those
detained in local jails have not been convicted of a crime. Two-thirds of state
pretrial populations are held for non-violent offenses, and the racial
disparities which plague the criminal legal system are especially pronounced in
pretrial decisions. With pretrial decisions having substantial, long-term case
impacts, the use and abuse of pretrial detention erodes the presumption of
innocence and destroys any sense of justice. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
highlighted the deadly consequences of widespread pretrial incarceration,
prompting a renewed call and sense of urgency for releasing individuals detained
pretrial.  

In New Jersey lawmakers implemented bail reforms that shifted from a primarily
from a cash bail system to a risk-based system. New York adopted a historic bail
reform law that eliminated cash bail for most people charged with misdemeanors
and nonviolent felonies. And in Illinois, lawmakers abolished cash bail, making
it the first state to do so. However, over the past few years New York lawmakers
have continuously rolled backed its bail reform law, and the Illinois’ reform
was initially put on pause but has survived with the Supreme Court upholding the
law that eliminated cash bail. Join this panel to hear from advocates working to
advance pretrial reform and receive tips and strategies for responding to
critics and addressing concerns from court actors, legislators, and others.  

Moderator: Rena Karefa-Johnson, Director of National Programming & Strategic
Initiatives, FWD.us 

Panelists: 

 * Brandon Buskey, Director, Criminal Law Reform Project, American Civil
   Liberties Union (ACLU) 
 * David Gaspar, CEO, The Bail Project 
 * Sharlyn Grace, Senior Policy Advisor, Law Office of the Cook County Public
   Defender 

5:30 pm

NACDL Affiliate Leader Social Networking and Recognition Event. For more
information, please contact NACDL’s Associate Executive Director for Strategic
Marketing, Jessica Stepan at jstepan@nacdl.org.

Thursday, August 17, 2023  1:00-1:15 pm

Presentation of Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award

Monica L. Reid, Senior Director of Advocacy, NACDL & Michael Iacopino, Senior
Partner, Brennan Lenehan and Chair of State Legislative Affairs Committee,
NACDL 

1:15-2:15 pm

Reverse Search Warrants

Moderator: Michael Price, Fourth Amendment Center Litigation Director, NACDL

2:15-2:30 pm  Break 2:30-3:30 pm

Drug Decriminalization in Oregon

The United States constitutes less than 5 percent of the world’s population yet
is prisons house 25 percent of the worldwide prison population. This phenomenon
is due large to the War on Drugs. The War on Drugs has served, and continues to
serve, as a powerful mechanism of mass incarceration and oppression in America.
The drug war sought to combat the illegal drug trade in the U.S. through
policies intended to discourage distribution and consumption. However, the harsh
sentencing policies that followed swelled the nation’s prison population and
disproportionately targeted communities of color. At every stage of the criminal
justice process – from the geographical distribution of police, to stops and
searches, to arrest, to pretrial detention, to sentencing, to post-conviction,
to collateral consequences – communities of color, especially Black communities,
disproportionately bear the brunt of the War on Drugs. In February 2021,
Oregon’s drug decriminalization measure (Measure 110) took effect, making it the
first state to remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of all
drugs. Join this panel to hear from advocates who are working to end the drug
war and advance a public health approach. Also hear how things are going on the
ground in Oregon!  

Panelists: 

 * Morgan Godvin, Post-Graduate Fellow, Health in Justice Action Lab 
 * Tera Hurst, Executive Director, Health Justice Recovery Alliance 
 * Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director of State Advocacy and Criminal Legal
   Reform, Drug Policy Alliance 

3:30-4:00 pm  Break 4:00-5:00 pm

Effective Messaging to Advance Criminal Legal Reform 

As movements to reform flaws in the criminal legal system resulted in a growing
number of states passing impactful bipartisan measures, the justice reform
movement also faced swift backlash, as the 2020 uptick in homicides was utilized
to stoke fear around recent policy changes and to push regressive proposals that
would walk back the move toward greater justice, equality and authentic safety.
News coverage on crime and legal reform plays an integral role. As stated by the
Center for Just Journalism: “Journalists who cover crime and the criminal legal
system influence everything from public policy to our collective sense of
safety.” Join this panel to hear advocates and media experts discuss effective
messaging around criminal justice reform and how to create an effective
narrative strategy.   

Moderator: Rabiah Burks, Vice President, Communications & Team Building,
National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)  

Panelists: 

 * Scott Hechinger, Executive Director & Founder, Zealous 
 * Insha Rahman, Vice President, Advocacy & Partnerships, Vera Institute of
   Justice 
 * Hannah Riley, Director of Programming, The Center for Just Journalism 


FACULTY

 * Rabiah Burks 
 * Brandon Buskey 
 * Khalil Cumberbatch 
 * Premal Dharia 
 * David Gaspar 
 * Morgan Godvin 
 * Sharlyn Grace 
 * Brad Haywood 
 * Scott Hechinger 
 * Tera Hurst 
 * Emily Kaltenbach 
 * Rena Karefa-Johnson 
 * Jumana Musa 
 * Nicole Porter 
 * Michael Price 
 * Insha Rahman 
 * Hannah Riley 
 * Cynthia Roseberry 

 


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