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IN THIS MONTH’S ADVOCATE

• Children are Constitutionally Different: Neuroscience
• Developments 
• Bring Smart Changes
• 2017 New Legislation Relevant to Criminal Defense Practice
• Senate Bill 120: Criminal Justice Reform, Part I (we hope)
• KY DPA Proclamation in Support of Objective Pretrial Release
• Assessments
• Joint Statement in Support of the Use of Pretrial Risk
• Assessment Instruments

The Advocate: November 2015

Discovery Reform in Criminal Cases in Kentucky:  A Report from the Field and the Need for Statutory Open File Discovery
by Glenn McClister

Summary:  After reviewing the importance of discovery in Constitutional context, the article reports on a survey of public defenders conducted across the Commonwealth which indicates that prosecutors and law enforcement routinely fail to follow up on the delivery of initial discovery to the defense.  Most often, prosecutors do not monitor the additional discovery which should be provided to the defense and law enforcement does not automatically provide it.  One simple solution to the problem is statutory open file discovery which would require automatic compliance with Constitutionally fundamental discovery obligations.  

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Latest Advocate is online

The June 2015 Advocate is now available online including 

SUMMARY OF 2015 HEROIN BILL
by Damon Preston

SUMMARY OF 2015 CRIMINAL LAW LEGISLATION
by Damon Preston

DNA EVIDENCE: AN EXPANSION OF KORA
by Krista Dolan
TWO NEW BATSON CASES!

THE NEXT STEP: Six Common Sense Proposals to Save
While Holding Offenders Accountable and Protecting
the Public

CALL TO END PREDATORY COLLECTION PRACTICES .........14
By Ed Monahan & Dan Goyette

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February 2015 edition of the Advocate is now online

In This Month’s Advocate:

• Jury Selection in Capital Cases
• University of Louisville Loan Forgiveness
• Kentucky Voters Support Temporary Halt of Executions
• Waste in Capital Prosecutions from Imprudent Charging Practices
• Five ways to Reduce Error, Waste, and Abuse in Kentucky Capital Prosecutions
• Recommendations of 2011 Kentucky Capital Audit have not been Implemented

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Forensics Edition of the Advocate Now Available

The December edition of The Advocate features forensic related articles 

• The Reliability and Admissibility of Forensic Science Evidence in Kentucky by Andrea Kendall 
• Extraordinary Bedfellows: The Hair Microscopy Project by Linda Smith

Annotated Version
Mailing Version without annotations

December 2012 Advocate - Proposed Revisions to Kentucky Juvenile Code

is now available here.